1 Samuel 18:26

24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying,¹ “In this manner David spoke.”

25 Then Saul said, “Thus you shall say to David: ‘The king does not desire any ^adowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take ^bvengeance on the king’s enemies.’ ” But Saul ^cthought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

26 So when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to become the king’s son-in-law. Now ^athe days had not expired;

27 therefore David arose and went, he and ^ahis men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And ^bDavid brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.

28 Thus Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him;

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1 Samuel 18:26

The days were not expired - David was so rapid in his attack upon the Philistines that he was able to bring the required dowry within the time, and to receive his wife (Michal), before the time had expired within which he was to receive Merab.

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