Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 18:26
1 Samuel 18:26 is verse 26 of 1 Samuel chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
King James Version
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.
World English Bible
When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,
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1 Samuel 18:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
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,
27 David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
28 When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
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