New American Standard Bible

1 Samuel 18:22-29 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

22. Then Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David secretly, saying, 'Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become the king's son-in-law.'"

23. So Saul's servants spoke these words to David. But David said, "Is it trivial in your sight to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?"

24. The servants of Saul reported to him according to these words which David spoke.

25. Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies.'" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

26. When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to become the king's son-in-law. Before the days had expired

27. David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife.

28. When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,

29. then Saul was even more afraid of David. Thus Saul was David's enemy continually.