2 Samuel 3:14
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And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
In other translations
And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
Hebrew words
וַיִּשְׁלַחvaiyishlachand he sentH7971דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732מַלְאָכִיםmal'akhimmessengersH4397אֶל־'el-toH413אִישׁ־'ish-Ish-H378בֹּשֶׁתboshetboshethH378בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559תְּנָהtenahgive !H5414אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אִשְׁתִּי'ishtiwife myH802אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853מִיכַלmikhalMichalH4324אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834אֵרַשְׂתִּי'erastiI betrothedH781לִיlito <the> myselfבְּמֵאָהbeme'ahfor a hundredH3967עָרְלוֹתarelotforeskins ofH6190פְּלִשְׁתִּים׃pelishtimPhilistinesH6430
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Related verses
- 1 Samuel 18:27Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
- 1 Samuel 18:25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 2:10Ish–bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
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People and places
People: David, Ish-bosheth, Michal, Saul