Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 18:24
1 Samuel 18:24 is verse 24 of 1 Samuel chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And the servants told Saul what David had said.
King James Version
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
World English Bible
The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.”
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1 Samuel 18:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
22 Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
23 But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
24 And the servants told Saul what David had said.
25 Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
26 When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
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