1 Samuel 18:24
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New International Version (©2011)
When Saul's servants told him what David had said,

New Living Translation (©2007)
When Saul's men reported this back to the king,

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the servants of Saul told him, “Thus and so did David speak.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The servants of Saul reported to him according to these words which David spoke.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The servants reported back to Saul, "These are the words David spoke."

International Standard Version (©2012)
Saul's officials reported to him: "This is what David said."

NET Bible (©2006)
When Saul's servants reported what David had said,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When the officers told Saul what David had said,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, In this manner spoke David.

American King James Version
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.

American Standard Version
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.

Darby Bible Translation
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.

English Revised Version
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.

World English Bible
The servants of Saul told him, saying, "David spoke like this."

Young's Literal Translation
And the servants of Saul declare to him, saying, 'According to these words hath David spoken.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

18:12-30 For a long time David was kept in continual apprehension of falling by the hand of Saul, yet he persevered in meek and respectful behaviour towards his persecutor. How uncommon is such prudence and discretion, especially under insults and provocations! Let us inquire if we imitate this part of the exemplary character before us. Are we behaving wisely in all our ways? Is there no sinful omission, no rashness of spirit, nothing wrong in our conduct? Opposition and perverseness in others, will not excuse wrong tempers in us, but should increase our care, and attention to the duties of our station. Consider Him that endured contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be weary and faint in your minds, Heb 12:3. If David magnified the honour of being son-in-law to king Saul, how should we magnify the honour of being sons to the King of kings!

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 24, 25. - David's answer exactly fell in with Saul's purposes, and he forthwith asked as a dowry proof of David having slain a hundred Philistines. As this slaughter would have to be effected not in regular warfare, but in a sort of private raid, there would be every likelihood of David being overpowered by a rapid gathering of the Philistines and slain in attempting it. It marks the unscrupulous character of ancient warfare that the lives of enemies should thus be taken, without any public provocation, for private purposes (comp. Judges 14:19).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the servants of Saul told him, saying, on this manner spake David. Such and such words were spoken by him, to this purpose; the sum and substance of them were expressive of his unworthiness to be a king's son-in-law, and of his inability to bring a dowry suitable to her quality.

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David Marries Michal
…23And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David. 25And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. …

1 Samuel 18:23 They repeated these words to David. But David said, "Do you think it is a small matter to become the king's son-in-law? I'm only a poor man and little known."
1 Samuel 18:25 Saul replied, "Say to David, 'The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.'" Saul's plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.