1 Samuel 18:17-27

VIN(i) 17 Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the LORD." For Saul thought, "My hand will not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him." 18 David said to Saul, "Who am I and what is my life or my father's family in Israel that I should be the king's son-in-law?" 19 And when the time came to give Saul's daughter Merab to David, she was given as a wife to Adriel of Meholah. 20 And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased. 21 Saul said, I will give her to him so that she can be a snare to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day have a second opportunity to be my son-in-law. 22 Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David secretly and say, 'Look, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you; now therefore be the king's son-in-law'. 23 Saul's servants told David this. David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man, and little known? 24 The servants of Saul told him what David said. 25 Saul said, Tell David, 'The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged on the king's enemies'. Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 When his servants told David this, he was pleased to be the king's son-in-law. Before the allotted time 27 David arose and went with his men and killed two hundred of the Philistine men, and David brought their foreskins, and gave them in full number to the king so that he might be the king's son-in-law. Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.