1 Samuel 18:25 meaning and explanation
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 18:25, Berean Standard Bible
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Saul speaks here to his servants, not directly to David, setting a marriage price for his daughter Michal. A bridegroom normally paid a dowry to the bride's father, but Saul asks for something else: a hundred Philistine foreskins, the proof of killed enemies, framed as revenge.
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