1 Samuel 18:25

“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.”

"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." - 1 Samuel 18:25
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What does 1 Samuel 18:25 mean?

1 Samuel 18:25 (KJV) reads, "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." This verse comes in the…

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1 Samuel 18:25 - "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."
1 Samuel 1:25 - "And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli."
Genesis 18:25
1 Samuel 25:18 - "¶ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses."
2 Samuel 18:25 - "And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near."
1 Samuel 9:25 - "¶ And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house."
1 Samuel 2:18 - "¶ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod."
1 Samuel 4:18
1 Samuel 4:18
1 Samuel 4:18
1 Samuel 30:18
1 Samuel 25:1 - "And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran."
1 Samuel 10:25 - "Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house."
1 Samuel 14:25 - "And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground."
1 Samuel 12:18 - "So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel."
1 Samuel 3:17-18
1 Samuel 25:4 - "¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep."
1 Samuel 9:18 - "Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is."
1 Samuel 19:18 - "¶ So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth."
1 Samuel 18:9 - "And Saul eyed David from that day and forward."
"And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli." - 1 Samuel 1:25
1 Samuel 18:24 - "And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David."
1 Chronicles 25:18 - "The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"
Nabal becomes like stone in 1 Samuel 25:37
Nabal becomes like stone in 1 Samuel 25:37
1 Samuel 18:12 - "¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul."
1 Samuel 25:43 - "David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives."
1 Samuel 25:38 - "And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died."
1 Samuel 30:25 - "And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day."