1 Samuel 18:26
1 Samuel chapter 18 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. And the days were not expired;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. And the days were not expired;
Context
v.25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
v.26This passage
v.27and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 18:21
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 against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.