1 Samuel 18:27

God's Word

David and his men went out and struck down 200 Philistines. David brought the foreskins, and they counted them out for the king so that David could become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal as his wife.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:13

“Good!” David answered. “I’ll make an agreement with you. But there’s one condition: You can’t come to see me unless you bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come.”

2 Samuel 3:14

Then David sent messengers to Saul’s son Ishbosheth to say, “Give me my wife Michal. I made a payment of 100 Philistine foreskins for her.”

Judges 14:19

When the Lord’s Spirit came over him, he went to Ashkelon and killed 30 men there. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who solved the riddle. He was angry, and he went to his father’s house.

1 Samuel 14:49

Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. The names of his two daughters were Merab (the firstborn daughter) and Michal (the younger daughter).

1 Samuel 18:13

So he kept David away. He made David captain of a regiment. David led the troops out ⌞to battle⌟ and back again.

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 the Lord’s battles.” (Saul thought, “I must not lay a hand on him. Let the Philistines do that.”)

1 Samuel 18:28

Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David.

1 Samuel 25:44

Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti, Laish’s son, who was from Gallim.