1 Samuel 18:23-25

Lexham English Bible

²³ And Saul’s servants spoke these words to David privately.^[a] But David said, “Is it insignificant in your sight^[b] to become the son-in-law of the king, as I am a poor and lightly esteemed man?” ²⁴ So the servants of Saul informed him, saying, “This is what David said.”^{[c] 25} Then Saul said, “This is what you must say to David: ‘The king desires no bride price^[d] except for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the enemies of the king.’” (Now Saul had planned to allow David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.)