²¹ ‘I’ll give her to him,’ Saul thought. ‘She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.’^(A) So Saul said to David a second time, ‘You can now be my son-in-law.’^(B)

²⁵ Then Saul replied, ‘Say this to David: “The king desires no other bride-price^(A) except a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.” ’^(B) Actually, Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.^(C)