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20 And Michal daughter of Saul loved David, and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes. 21 And Saul said, “I will give her to him, that she may be to him a snare, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” And Saul said to David a second time, “You shall be son-in-law to me today.” 22 And Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David in secrecy and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you, and now become son-in-law of the king.’” 23 And the servants of Saul spoke in the ears of David these words. And David said, “Does it seem light in your? eyes to be a son-in-law of the king? And I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.” 24 And the servants of Saul declared to him, saying, “In these words David spoke.” 25 And Saul said, “Thus you? shall say to David, ‘The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines to take vengeance on the enemies of the king.’” And Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And his servants told to David these words, and the thing was right in the eyes of David to become son-in-law of the king. And the days were not full. 27 And David arose and went, he and his men, and he struck among the Philistines two hundred men. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, to make himself son-in-law of the king. And Saul gave to him Michal his daughter as a wife. 28 And Saul saw and knew that YHWH was with David, and that Michal daughter of Saul loved him. 29 And Saul added to be afraid from the face of David; and still Saul was enemy of David all the days. 30 And the princes of the Philistines went out. And it came to pass whenever they went out, that David acted more wisely than all the servants of Saul, and His name became highly esteemed. 1 Samuel 18:20-30, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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