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1 Samuel 18:20-30 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

20. And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.

21. And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.

22. And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

23. And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

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

25. And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a 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.

26. And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,

27. when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they delivered them in full to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.

28. And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

29. And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.

30. And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David succeeded better than all the servants of Saul; and his name was much esteemed.

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