1 Samuel 18:25

When the officers told Saul what David had said,

Genesis 34:12

Ask anything as the bride price, no matter how expensive. I will do anything. Just let me marry Dinah.

1 Samuel 14:24

And all the people were with Saul. There were about twenty thousand men. The fight was general through all the mountains of Ephraim. Saul made a great error that day. He put the people under an oath, saying: Let that man be cursed who eats any food before evening. I have taken vengeance on my enemies. So the people did not eat.

1 Samuel 18:17

Finally, Saul said to David: Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife if you prove yourself to be a warrior for me and fight Jehovah's battles. Saul thought: I must not lay a hand on him. Let the Philistines do that.

Genesis 17:11-14

You are to undergo circumcision. It will be the sign of the covenant between us.

Genesis 29:18

Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said: I will work seven years for you, if you will let me marry Rachel.

Exodus 22:16-17

When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sexual intercourse with her, he must pay the bride price and marry her.

Joshua 5:3

Joshua made sharp knives, and circumcised the men of Israel at the Hill of Circumcision.

1 Samuel 17:26

David asked some soldiers standing nearby: What will a man get for killing this Philistine and stopping him from insulting our people? Who does that worthless Philistine think he is? He makes fun of the army of the living God!

1 Samuel 17:36

I have killed lions and bears. I will do the same to this heathen Philistine. He has defied the army of the living God.

2 Samuel 17:8-11

You know your father and his followers are mighty warriors. They are as fierce as a mother bear whose cubs have just been killed. Your father has a lot of experience in fighting wars. He will not spend the night with the others.

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Summary

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an 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.

To be avenged

Bible References

Dowry

Genesis 29:18
Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said: I will work seven years for you, if you will let me marry Rachel.
Genesis 34:12
Ask anything as the bride price, no matter how expensive. I will do anything. Just let me marry Dinah.
Exodus 22:16
When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sexual intercourse with her, he must pay the bride price and marry her.

Foreskins

1 Samuel 17:26
David asked some soldiers standing nearby: What will a man get for killing this Philistine and stopping him from insulting our people? Who does that worthless Philistine think he is? He makes fun of the army of the living God!
Genesis 17:11
You are to undergo circumcision. It will be the sign of the covenant between us.
Joshua 5:3
Joshua made sharp knives, and circumcised the men of Israel at the Hill of Circumcision.

To be avenged

1 Samuel 14:24
And all the people were with Saul. There were about twenty thousand men. The fight was general through all the mountains of Ephraim. Saul made a great error that day. He put the people under an oath, saying: Let that man be cursed who eats any food before evening. I have taken vengeance on my enemies. So the people did not eat.

Thought

1 Samuel 18:17
Finally, Saul said to David: Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife if you prove yourself to be a warrior for me and fight Jehovah's battles. Saul thought: I must not lay a hand on him. Let the Philistines do that.
2 Samuel 17:8
You know your father and his followers are mighty warriors. They are as fierce as a mother bear whose cubs have just been killed. Your father has a lot of experience in fighting wars. He will not spend the night with the others.