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.


In Context

23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.

25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dower, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

26 And 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.

27 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 number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife.

28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:26And 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.

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 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.