1 Samuel 18:17-30

17Then SaulH7586 saidH559 toH413 DavidH1732, “HereH2009 is my olderH1419 daughterH1323 MerabH4764. I will give herH5414 to you in marriageH802. OnlyH389 beH1961 valiantH2428 for me and fightH3898 the LORD’sH3068 battlesH4421.” But SaulH7586 was thinkingH559, “I need not raiseH408H1961 my handH3027 against him; let the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430 beH1961 against him.”

18And DavidH1732 saidH559 toH413 SaulH7586, “WhoH4310 am IH595, and whatH4310 is my familyH2416 or my father’sH1 clanH4940 in IsraelH3478, thatH3588 I should becomeH1961 the son-in-lawH2860 of the kingH4428?” 19So when it wasH1961 timeH62561 to giveH5414 Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323 MerabH4764 to DavidH1732, sheH1931 was givenH5414 in marriageH802 to AdrielH5741 of MeholahH4259.

20Now Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323 MichalH4324 lovedH157 DavidH1732, and when this was reportedH5046 to SaulH7586, itH1697 pleasedH3474 himH5869. 21“I will give herH5414 to David,” SaulH7586 thoughtH559, “so that she may beH1961 a snareH4170 to him, and the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430 may beH1961 against him.” So SaulH7586 saidH559 toH413 DavidH1732, “For a secondH8147 time nowH3117 you can be my son-in-lawH2859.”

22Then SaulH7586 orderedH6680 his servantsH5650, “SpeakH1696 toH413 DavidH1732 privatelyH3909 and tell himH559, ‘BeholdH2009, the kingH4428 is pleasedH2654 with you, and allH3605 his servantsH5650 love youH157. Now thereforeH6258, become hisH4428 son-in-lawH2859.’”

23But when Saul’sH7586 servantsH5650 relayedH1696H241 theseH428 wordsH1697 to DavidH1732, heH1732 repliedH559, “Does it seem trivialH7043 in your sightH5869 to be the son-in-lawH2859 of the kingH4428? IH595 am a poorH7326 manH376 and lightly esteemedH7034.”

24And the servantsH5650 toldH5046 SaulH7586 whatH428H1697 DavidH1732 had saidH1696.

25SaulH7586 repliedH559, “SayH559 to DavidH1732, ‘The kingH4428 desiresH2656 noH369 other dowryH4119 butH3588 a hundredH3967 PhilistineH6430 foreskinsH6190 as revengeH5358 on hisH4428 enemiesH341.’” But SaulH7586 intendedH2803 to cause David’sH1732 deathH5307 at the handsH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430.

26When the servantsH5650 reportedH5046 theseH428 termsH1697 to DavidH1732, he was pleasedH3474H1697H5869 to become the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859. Before the wedding day arrivedH4390H3117, 27DavidH1732 and his menH582 went outH1980H1931 and killedH5221 two hundredH3967H376 PhilistinesH6430. HeH1732 broughtH935 their foreskinsH6190 and presented them as payment in fullH4390 to becomeH4428 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859. Then SaulH7586 gaveH5414 his daughterH1323 MichalH4324 to David in marriageH802.

28When SaulH7586H3045 realizedH7200 thatH3588 the LORDH3068 was withH5973 DavidH1732 and that hisH7586 daughterH1323 MichalH4324 lovedH157 David, 29heH7586 grew even moreH3254H5750 afraidH3372 ofH6440 DavidH1732. So from then onH3605H3117 SaulH7586 wasH1961 David’sH1732 enemyH341.

30Every timeH1767H3318 the PhilistineH6430H1961 commandersH8269 came outH3318 for battle, DavidH1732 was more successfulH7919 than allH3605 of Saul’sH7586 officersH5650, so that his nameH8034 was highlyH3966 esteemedH3365.