1 Samuel 18:27
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 18:27 — by Collins Asein
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1 Samuel 18:27 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their for..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 18:27 — KJV
“Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.”
— 1 Samuel 18:27 (KJV)
1 Samuel 18:27 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.
Cross-References for 1 Samuel 18:27
“And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 18:27: david, philistines, hundred
“But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: Michal: or, Michal's sister brought...: Heb. bear to Adriel”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 18:27: two, brought, king
“And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 18:27: david, went, men
“And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 18:27: david, went, men
“And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 18:27: david, went, men
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