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;

30 Then the princes of the Philistines ^awent out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David ^bbehaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed. ‡