² During this time, sons were born to David while he was living in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam from Jezreel,

¹³ David replied, “Sounds good to me! I’ll cut a deal^[a] with you under one condition: you’re not to show yourself in my presence unless you bring Saul’s daughter with you when you come to see me.”

¹⁴ Then David sent a delegation to Saul’s son Ish-bosheth to say, “Give me my wife Michal, to whom I was engaged with a dowry of 100 Philistine foreskins.”^[a]