²³ They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law?^(A) I’m only a poor man and little known.”

²⁴ When Saul’s servants told him what David had said, ²⁵ Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price^(B) for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge^(C) on his enemies.’” Saul’s plan^(D) was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.