David of Saul’s promise to reward the man who kills Goliath by giving him one of his daughters as a wife, and exempting his family from taxation (17:25). Saul’s strategy shows that he had lost all pretense of being a true covenantal king. Instead of attempting to motivate his troops by urging them to put their confidence in the name of the Lord, he appealed to their desire for prestige and wealth. In effect, he turned the battle for the name of the Lord into a battle for self-interest (van den Berg