1 Samuel 18:17-28

17Then Saul said to David, “1Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight 2the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but 3let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” 18But David said to Saul, “4Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son-in-law?” 19So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to 5Adriel 6the Meholathite for a wife.

20Now 7Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul, the thing was agreeable 8to him. 21Saul thought, “I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and 9that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David, “10For a second time you may be my son-in-law today.” 22Then Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David secretly, saying, ‘Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.’” 23So Saul’s servants spoke these words 11to David. But David said, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, 12since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?” 24The servants of Saul reported to him 13according to these words which David spoke. 25Saul then said, “Thus you shall say to David, ‘The king does not desire any 14dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, 15to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” Now 16Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26When his servants told David these words, 17it pleased David to become the king’s son-in-law. 1819Before the days had expired 27David rose up and went, 20he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then 21David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife. 28When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him,