1 Samuel 18:23

18:23 So Saul’s servants spoke these words privately ¹  to David. David replied, “Is becoming the king’s son-in-law something insignificant to you? I’m just a poor and lightly-esteemed man!”

1 Samuel 18:26

18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed ²  to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired ³ 

1 Samuel 18:21-22

18:21 Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.” ⁴ 

18:22 Then Saul instructed his servants, “Tell David secretly, ‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:27

18:27 when David, along with his men, went out ⁵  and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king’s son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

[18:23]  ¹ tn Heb “in the ears of.”

[18:26]  ² tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”

[18:26]  ³ tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”

[18:21]  ³ tc The final sentence of v. 21 is absent in most LXX mss.

[18:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “arose and went.”