23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, (A)“Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and have no reputation?” 24 And the servants of Saul told him, “Thus and so did David speak.” 25 Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no (B)bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, (C)that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.’” (D)Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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