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1 Samuel 18:24-26
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Samuel 18:24-26
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
24 And the servants of Saul told him, “Thus and so did David speak.” 25 Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no marriage present[a] except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the time had expired,
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- 18.25 marriage present: The usual payment for a bride.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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