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1 Samuel 18:17, 25

1 Samuel 18:17 CSB

Saul told David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you as a wife  if you will be a warrior for me and fight the LORD’s battles.”  But Saul was thinking, “I don’t need to raise a hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

1 Samuel 18:25 CSB

Then Saul replied, “Say this to David: ‘The king desires no other bride-price  except a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’ ”  Actually, Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.