Then David sent messengers to Saul’s son Ishbaal, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, to whom I became engaged at the price of one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 25:44 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti son of Laish, who was of Gallim. American Standard Version (1901) Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim. Common English Bible But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti, Laish’s son, from Gallim. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Saul gave his daughter Michal, the wife of David, to Palti, the son of Laish, who was from Gallim. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Saul gave Michol his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti, the son of Lais, who was of Gallium. |
Then David sent messengers to Saul’s son Ishbaal, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, to whom I became engaged at the price of one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
Cry aloud, O daughter Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! Answer her, O Anathoth!
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. Saul was told, and the thing pleased him.
David rose and went, along with his men, and killed one hundred of the Philistines, and David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. Saul gave him his daughter Michal as a wife.