26And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king's son in law.


In Context

23 And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ears of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.

24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.

25 And Saul said: Speak thus to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines.

26 And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king's son in law.

27 And after a few days David rose up, and went with the men that were under him, and he slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and brought their foreskins and numbered them out to the king, that he might be his son in law. Saul therefore gave him Michol his daughter to wife.

28 And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol the daughter of Saul loved him.

1 Samuel 18:26 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:26When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king's son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed,

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:26And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law. And the days were not expired;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and the days had not expired.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:26When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:26And his servants declare to David these words, and the thing is right in the eyes of David, to be son-in-law to the king; and the days have not been full,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.