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 1 SAMUEL 18

Jonathan befriends David, and since David succeeds in everything Saul tasks him with, women praise David as greater than Saul. To get rid of this perceived threat, Saul promises David the hand of his daughter, Merab, in marriage if he becomes Saul's champion, but Merab is married off to someone else before David accepts. Saul notices that Michal, his other daughter, is in love with David, so in order to send him on to his death offers her to him in exchange for 100 foreskins of the Philistines, but David successfully kills 200 Philistines, so weds Michal.

PEOPLE: David - Saul - Jonathan - יהוה YHVH God - Merab - Adriel the Meholathite - Michal

RELATED ARTICLES: Philistines - Tabret - Demon

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