1 Samuel 18
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1 Samuel 18:22-25

22Then SaulH7586 commandedH6680 his servantsH5650, “SpeakH1696 to DavidH1732 in secretH3909, sayingH559, ‘BeholdH2009, the kingH4428 delightsH2654 in you, and allH3605 his servantsH5650 loveH157 you; nowH6258 then, becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859.’”

23So Saul’sH7586 servantsH5650 spokeH1696 theseH428 wordsH1697 1to DavidH1732. But DavidH1732 saidH559, “IsH7043 it trivialH7043 in your sightH5869 to becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859, 2since I amH7326 only a poorH7326 manH376 and insignificantH7034?”

24Then Saul’sH7586 servantsH5650 reportedH5046 to him, saying, “3TheseH428 are the wordsH1697 DavidH1732 spokeH1696.”

25SaulH7586 then saidH559, “ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 you shall sayH559 to DavidH1732: ‘The kingH4428 does not desireH2656 any 4dowryH4119 exceptH3588 a hundredH3967 foreskinsH6190 of the PhilistinesH6430, 5to takeH5358 vengeanceH5358 on the king’sH4428 enemiesH340.’” But 6SaulH7586 plottedH2803 to have DavidH1732 fallH5307 by the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 18:23 Lit in the ears of ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 18:23 Gen 29:20; 34:12 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 18:24 Lit According to these words David ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 18:25 Gen 34:12; Ex 22:17 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 18:25 1 Sam 14:24 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 18:25 1 Sam 18:17 ↩

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