1 Samuel 18:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So David and his men got up and went, and put to death two hundred of the Philistines; and David took their private parts and gave the full number of them to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for his wife.

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  • 2 Sam 3:14 : 14 And David sent men to Saul's son Ish-bosheth, saying, Give me back Michal, my wife, whom I made mine for the price of the private parts of a hundred Philistines.
  • Judg 14:19 : 19 And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking thirty men there, took their clothing from them, and gave it to the men who had given the answer to his hard question. Then, full of wrath, he went back to his father's house.
  • 1 Sam 18:13 : 13 So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.

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  • 87%

    13And he said, It is well; I will make an agreement with you, but on one condition, which is, that when you come before me, Saul's daughter Michal is to come with you; till she comes you will not see my face.

    14And David sent men to Saul's son Ish-bosheth, saying, Give me back Michal, my wife, whom I made mine for the price of the private parts of a hundred Philistines.

    15So Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband Paltiel, the son of Laish.

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    16But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.

    17And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.

    18And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?

    19But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath.

    20And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased.

    21And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.

    22And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.

    23And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?

    24And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

    25And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.

    26And when his servants said these words to David, he was well pleased to be the son-in-law of the king. And the days were still not past.

  • 28And it was clear to Saul that the Lord was with David; and he was loved by all Israel.

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    43And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives.

    44Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish of Gallim.

  • 20Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself without shame!

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    25And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.

    26And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

  • 57And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

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    11Then in that night Saul sent men to David's house to keep watch on him so as to put him to death in the morning: and David's wife Michal said to him, If you do not go away to a safe place tonight you will be put to death in the morning.

    12So Michal let David down through the window, and he went in flight and got away.

  • 1 Sam 18:5-7
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    5And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.

    6Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.

    7And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.

  • 17And Saul said to Michal, why have you been false to me, letting my hater go and get safely away? And in answer Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go, or I will put you to death.

  • 4And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.

  • 30Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

  • 2So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 27And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.

  • 3And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.

  • 8But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Saul to whom Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth; and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab, whose father was Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

  • 22So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

  • 40And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.

  • 54And David took the head of the Philistine to Jerusalem, but the metal war-dress and the arms he put in his tent.

  • 49Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and these are the names of his daughters: the older was named Merab and the younger Michal;

  • 14Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

  • 51So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.

  • 29And when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and playing; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

  • 13And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

  • 8And there was war again: and David went out fighting the Philistines, causing great destruction among them; and they went in flight before him.

  • 4And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

  • 16And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

  • 23And Michal, Saul's daughter, had no child till the day of her death.

  • 10Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines.

  • 35I went out after him, and overcame him, and took it out of his mouth: and if, turning on me, he came at me, I took him by the hair and overcame him and put him to death.

  • 31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

  • 11Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.