I Samuel 18:23
The Scripture
(23) And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Jonathan loved David as his own soul and made a covenant with him, giving him his robe and armor, while the women's song praising David above Saul provoked the king's jealousy. Saul repeatedly tried to kill David and eventually gave him his daughter Michal in marriage, hoping the dangerous bride price of Philistine foreskins would cause David's death.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I John 3:1I Samuel 9:21Proverbs 14:20Proverbs 19:6Proverbs 19:7Ecclesiastes 9:15Ecclesiastes 9:16Psalms 119:141
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