17Then Saul said to David, Here is my elder daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife; only be valiant for me and fight the Lords battles. For Saul thought, I will not raise a hand against him; let the Philistines deal with him. 18David said to Saul, Who am I and who are my kinsfolk, my fathers family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king? 19But at the time when Sauls daughter Merab should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife. 20Now Sauls daughter Michal loved David. Saul was told, and the thing pleased him. 21Saul thought, Let me give her to him that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, You shall now be my son-in-law. 22Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David in private and say, See, the king is delighted with you, and all his servants love you; now then, become the kings son-in-law. 23So Sauls servants reported these words to David in private. And David said, Does it seem to you a little thing to become the kings son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and of no repute? 24The servants of Saul told him, This is what David said. 25Then Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires no marriage present except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged on the kings enemies. Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26When his servants told David these words, David was well pleased to be the kings son-in-law. Before the time had expired, 27David rose and went, along with his men, and killed one hundred of the Philistines; and David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the kings son-in-law. Saul gave him his daughter Michal as a wife. 28But when Saul realized that the Lord was with David, and that Sauls daughter Michal loved him, 29Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul was Davids enemy from that time forward.
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