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Ping Tung

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19. Foreskins used to be valuable as a bride price back in the dy.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Thu Oct 9, 2025, 09:14 PM

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Saul told David that he could have his daughter if he brought 100 Philistine foreskins to him. David was hot to get the wife so he brought back 200 foreskins to prove his loyalty.

https://web.mit.edu/jywang/www/cef/Bible/NIV/NIV_Bible/1SAM+18.html

1 Samuel 18

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When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king's son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed,
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David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented the full number to the king so that he might become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.
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When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

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