1st Samuel Chapter 18 verse 25 Holy Bible
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.
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And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.
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And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a 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.
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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.
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And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dower, but a 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.
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Saul said, Thus shall you 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 to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
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And Saul saith, `Thus do ye say to David, There is no delight to the king in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of the Philistines -- to be avenged on the enemies of the king;' and Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) An hundred foreskins.--Wordsworth's note here, which he derives from Theodoret, is curious. Foreskins! why not heads? Here is a sign of Saul's suspicious and malignant spirit. He, judging for himself, impiously suspects that David would go forth and destroy some of the Israelites--Saul's own subjects--as he himself desired to destroy David, his own deliverer; and the foreskins were required as a proof that they who were killed were not Israelites. Josephus, however, with a strange exaggeration, mentions 600 heads as the price of Michal.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewSaulשָׁא֜וּל (šā·’ūl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelitesreplied,וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, say“Sayתֹאמְר֣וּ (ṯō·mə·rū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 559: To utter, sayto David,לְדָוִ֗ד (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse‘The kingלַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (lam·me·leḵ)Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4428: A kingdesiresחֵ֤פֶץ (ḥê·p̄eṣ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2656: Pleasure, desire, a valuable thing, a matternoאֵֽין־ (’ên-)AdverbStrong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particleother dowryבְּמֹ֔הַר (bə·mō·har)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4119: Purchase price (of a wife)butכִּ֗י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctiona hundredבְּמֵאָה֙ (bə·mê·’āh)Preposition-b | Number - feminine singularStrong's 3967: A hundredPhilistineפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (pə·liš·tîm)Noun - proper - masculine pluralStrong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistiaforeskinsעָרְל֣וֹת (‘ā·rə·lō·wṯ)Noun - feminine plural constructStrong's 6190: The prepuceas revengeלְהִנָּקֵ֖ם (lə·hin·nā·qêm)Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive constructStrong's 5358: To grudge, avenge, punishon hisהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4428: A kingenemies.’”בְּאֹיְבֵ֣י (bə·’ō·yə·ḇê)Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructStrong's 341: Hating, an adversaryBut Saulוְשָׁא֣וּל (wə·šā·’ūl)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelitesintendedחָשַׁ֔ב (ḥā·šaḇ)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 2803: To think, accountto cause David’sדָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jessedeathלְהַפִּ֥יל (lə·hap·pîl)Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructStrong's 5307: To fall, lieat the handsבְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 3027: A handof the Philistines.פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ (pə·liš·tîm)Noun - proper - masculine pluralStrong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of PhilistiaJump to PreviousAvenged David Desires Desireth Dowry Enemies Except Hand Hundred King's Philistines Planned Saul Thought Vengeance
