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 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל כֹּֽה־תֹאמְר֣וּ לְדָוִ֗ד אֵֽין־חֵ֤פֶץ לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּמֹ֔הַר כִּ֗י בְּמֵאָה֙ עָרְלֹ֣ות פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים לְהִנָּקֵ֖ם בְּאֹיְבֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְשָׁא֣וּל חָשַׁ֔ב לְהַפִּ֥יל אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃WLC (Consonants Only)
 
 
 ויאמר שאול כה־תאמרו לדוד אין־חפץ למלך במהר כי במאה ערלות פלשתים להנקם באיבי המלך ושאול חשב להפיל את־דוד ביד־פלשתים׃Strong's ConcordanceHolman Christian Standard Bible Then  Saul  replied, “Say  this  to  David: ‘The  king  desires  no  other bride-price   except  100  Philistine  foreskins, to  take revenge  on  his   enemies.’ ”   Actually, Saul  intended  to  cause David’s  death  at  the hands  of the Philistines.
 
 New American Standard Bible
 Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the kings enemies." Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
 
 King James Bible
 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
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