1 Samuel 18:25
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- dowry
- Genesis 29:18; Genesis 34:12; Exodus 22:16, 17
- foreskins
- 1 Samuel 17:26, 36; Genesis 17:11–14; Joshua 5:3
- to be avenged
- 1 Samuel 14:24
- thought
- 1 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 17:8–11