2 Samuel 3:13

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2 Samuel 3:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

12 Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

13 “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

14 Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

15 So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.

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Genesis 43:3

But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 44:23

But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

Genesis 44:26

But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’

2 Samuel 3:20

When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.

2 Samuel 3:21

Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

2 Samuel 3:22

Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron because David had sent him on his way in peace.

2 Samuel 3:23

When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”

1 Samuel 18:20

Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

1 Samuel 18:21

“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:22

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.’”

1 Samuel 18:23

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.”

1 Samuel 18:24

And the servants told Saul what David had said.

1 Samuel 18:25

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.

1 Samuel 18:26

When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

1 Samuel 18:27

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.

1 Samuel 18:28

When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

1 Samuel 19:11

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

1 Samuel 19:12

So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

1 Samuel 19:13

Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

1 Samuel 19:14

When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

1 Samuel 19:15

But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”

1 Samuel 19:16

And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.

1 Samuel 19:17

And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”

1 Chronicles 15:29

As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.