1 Samuel 18:25 Meaning and Explanation
“And 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.”
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What Does 1 Samuel 18:25 Mean?
Saul names his price for Michal: not gold but a hundred slain Philistines as proof of victory over the king's enemies. The narrator again reveals the hidden motive, that Saul means for David to perish in the dangerous task.
The demand sounds like zeal for Israel but conceals a death-trap. Saul keeps trying to make others do his killing, unwilling to see that no peril he devises can overrule God's purpose for David. The Lord who set David apart will bring him safely through the very danger meant to destroy him.
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What does 1 Samuel 18:25 mean?
Saul asks no dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins, secretly intending David to die in the attempt.