1 Samuel 18:27

Lutherbibel

da machte sich David auf und zog mit seinen Männern und schlug unter den Philistern zweihundert Mann. Und David brachte ihre Vorhäute dem König in voller Zahl, daß er des Königs Eidam würde. Da gab ihm Saul seine Tochter Michal zum Weibe.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Die Tage aber waren noch nicht vorbei, da machte sich David auf und zog mit seinen Männern hin und schlug zweihundert Mann unter den Philistern. Und David brachte ihre Vorhäute und legte sie dem König vollzählig vor, damit er des Königs Tochtermann werde. Da gab ihm Saul seine Tochter Michal zum Weibe.

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
da machte David sich auf und zog hin, er und seine Männer, und erschlug unter den Philistern zweihundert Mann; und David brachte ihre Vorhäute, und man lieferte sie dem König vollzählig, damit er des Königs Schwiegersohn würde. Und Saul gab ihm seine Tochter Michal zum Weibe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

his men: 1 Samuel 18:13

slew: Judges 14:19, 2 Samuel 3:14

two hundred men: The Septuagint has only וךבפןם בםהנבע, one hundred men; and as Saul covenanted for a hundred, as David himself says - 2 Samuel 3:14, that he espoused Michal for a hundred, it is very probable that this is the true reading.

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:14 - the king's 1 Samuel 24:11 - my father 1 Samuel 25:44 - Michal 1 Chronicles 15:29 - Michal

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men,.... This he did himself, for the verb is singular, and which were an hundred more than required; this he did to show his regard to the orders of Saul, and his obedience to him, and to testify the sincerity of his afflictions to his daughter, for whose sake he risked his life in this expedition, as well as to express his zeal for God, and his country, against their avowed enemies; the Greek version has only one hundred men, see 2 Samuel 3:14;

and David brought their foreskins; along with him to Saul's court, having taken them off when slain. Josephus says z he cut off their heads, and brought them to him, and he makes the number to be six hundred; neither are according to the text, but to make his history more agreeable to the Gentiles, see 1 Samuel 18:21; an Arabic writer a makes mention of a people, that cut off the genital parts of men, and gave them to their wives for their dowry:

and they gave them in full tale to the king; the messengers David sent in with them, even the full tale of two hundred, which were as many more as were demanded:

that he might be the king's son in law; being now as desirous of it as the king was:

and Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife; which he could not in honour refuse to do, seeing he had performed the condition he had required. David's marriage of the younger sister, when upon various considerations it might have been expected that he should have married the elder, may be an emblem of Christ's espousing the Gentile church, when the Jewish church, her elder sister, is neglected by him, she having rejected him.

z Antiqu. l. 6. c. 10. sect. 3. a Alcamus apud Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 1. c. 19. col. 130.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 18:27. Slew - two hundred men. — The Septuagint has only one hundred men. Saul covenanted with David for a hundred; and David himself says, 2 Samuel 3:14, that he espoused Michal for a hundred: hence it is likely that one hundred is the true reading.