24Les serviteurs de Saül lui rapportèrent ce qu'avait répondu David.
Normally in the ancient Near East the hands or heads of enemies were cut off in order to count the slain.1 Since the Philistines did not practice circumcision,2 their foreskins could serve as evidence of the same. Saul hoped that David would be killed in his attempts to meet his conditions.3
24 Les serviteurs de Saül lui rapportèrent ce qu'avait répondu David.