1. 1 Samuel 18:27 (NEG79)
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Why did Saul give his daughter Michal to David in marriage?

1 Samuel 18:27 (NEG79)

27 Avant le terme fixé, David se leva, partit avec ses gens, et tua deux cents hommes parmi les Philistins; il apporta leurs prépuces, et en livra au roi le nombre complet, afin de devenir gendre du roi. Alors Saül lui donna pour femme Mical, sa fille.

Faced with proof of the Philistine deaths, Saul was forced to give Michal to David as his wife. Later, he would ignore their marriage and give Michal to a man called Palti (1 Samuel 25:44), though she would later be restored to David when he became king (2 Samuel 3:13; 2 Samuel 6:16–23).1