1 Samuel 18:25

New Living Translation

he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.

Cross References

Genesis 29:18

Since Jacob was in love with Rachel, he told her father, “I’ll work for you for seven years if you’ll give me Rachel, your younger daughter, as my wife.”

Genesis 34:12

No matter what dowry or gift you demand, I will gladly pay it—just give me the girl as my wife.”

2 Samuel 3:14

David then sent this message to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son: “Give me back my wife Michal, for I bought her with the lives of 100 Philistines.”

Joshua 5:3

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the entire male population of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

1 Samuel 14:24

Now the men of Israel were pressed to exhaustion that day, because Saul had placed them under an oath, saying, “Let a curse fall on anyone who eats before evening—before I have full revenge on my enemies.” So no one ate anything all day,

1 Samuel 17:26

David asked the soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:36

I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!

1 Samuel 18:17

One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my older daughter, Merab, as your wife. But first you must prove yourself to be a real warrior by fighting the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “I’ll send him out against the Philistines and let them kill him rather than doing it myself.”

1 Samuel 18:24

When Saul’s men reported this back to the king,

1 Samuel 19:1

Saul now urged his servants and his son Jonathan to assassinate David. But Jonathan, because of his strong affection for David,