1 Samuel 18:25
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 on the king's enemies. But Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, Words such as these David hath spoken.
Cross References
Genesis 29:18And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Exodus 22:16(22:15) And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
1 Samuel 14:24And the men of Israel were hard urged that day; and Saul adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that will eat food until the evening, until I have been avenged on my enemies. And the whole people tasted thus no food.
1 Samuel 17:36Both the lion and the bear did thy servant smite: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall become as one of them; because he hath defied the arrays of the living God.
1 Samuel 19:1And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that he would kill David. But Jonathan the son of Saul delighted greatly in David.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:13-30
David Marries Saul's Daughter; Saul's Jealousy of David. ( b. c. 1059.) 12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out… Read the whole commentary →