Font Size
1 Samuel 18:25-27
Easy-to-Read Version
1 Samuel 18:25-27
Easy-to-Read Version
25 Saul told them, “Say this to David, ‘David, the king doesn’t want you to pay money for his daughter.[a] He wants to get even with his enemy, so the price for marrying his daughter is 100 Philistine foreskins.’” That was Saul’s secret plan. He thought the Philistines would kill David.
26 Saul’s officers told this to David. David was happy that he had a chance to become the king’s son-in-law, so immediately 27 he and his men went out to fight the Philistines. They killed 200[b] Philistines. David took these Philistine foreskins and gave them to Saul. He did this because he wanted to become the king’s son-in-law.
Saul let David marry his daughter Michal.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Samuel 18:25 money for his daughter In Bible times a man usually had to give money to a woman’s father before he could marry her.
- 1 Samuel 18:27 200 The ancient Greek version has “100.”
Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International