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1 Samuel 18:24-26
Contemporary English Version
1 Samuel 18:24-26
Contemporary English Version
24 The officials went back to Saul and told him exactly what David had said. 25 Saul was hoping that the Philistines would kill David, and he told his officials to tell David, “The king doesn't want any silver or gold. He only wants to get even with his enemies. All you have to do is to bring back proof that you have killed 100 Philistines!”[a] 26 The officials told David, and David wanted to marry the princess.
King Saul had set a time limit, and before it ran out,
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- 18.25 proof … Philistines: Hebrew “100 Philistine foreskins.” In ancient times soldiers would sometimes cut off body parts of their dead enemies to prove how many they had killed.
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