2 Samuel 3:12-14

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¹²Then Abner sent messengers to David to speak on his behalf. “Who owns this country?” he asked. “Make an agreement with me,” he said. “I’ll support you and bring all Israel to you.”

¹³“Good!” David answered. “I’ll make an agreement with you. But there’s one condition: You can’t come to see me unless you bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come.”

¹⁴Then David sent messengers to Saul’s son Ishbosheth to say, “Give me my wife Michal. I made a payment of 100 Philistine foreskins for her.”

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2 Samuel 3:12-14

King James Version

¹²And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

¹³And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

¹⁴And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

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2 Samuel 3:12-14

New International Version

¹²Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you.”

¹³“Good,” said David. “I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing of you: Do not come into my presence unless you bring Michal daughter of Saul when you come to see me.”^(A) ¹⁴Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, “Give me my wife Michal,^(B) whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

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2 Samuel 3:12-14

New King James Version

¹²Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to David, saying, “Whose is the land?” saying also, “Make your covenant with me, and indeed my hand shall be with you to bring all Israel to you.”

¹³And David said, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require of you: ^(A)you shall not see my face unless you first bring ^(B)Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.” ¹⁴So David sent messengers to ^(C)Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself ^(D)for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”