Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, ‘Give me back my wife Michal. I was engaged to her for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.’
1 Samuel 25:44 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But Saul gave his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, ‘Give me back my wife Michal. I was engaged to her for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.’
So Ish-bosheth sent someone to take her away from her husband, Paltiel son of Laish.
Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! Anathoth is miserable.
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when it was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as full payment to the king to become his son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David as his wife.