SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:27
se levantó David, y partió con sus varones, e hirió doscientos hombres de los filisteos; y trajo David los prepucios de ellos, y los entregaron todos al rey, para que él fuese hecho yerno del rey. Y Saúl le dio a su hija Mical por mujer.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 18:27
Verse 27. Slew-two hundred men.] The Septuagint has only one hundred men. Saul covenanted with David for a hundred; and David himself says, 2 Sam. iii. 14, that he espoused Michal for a hundred: hence it is likely that one hundred is the true reading.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 27. Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men , etc.] This he did himself, for the verb is singular, and which were an hundred more than required; this he did to show his regard to the orders of Saul, and his obedience to him, and to testify the sincerity of his afflictions to his daughter, for whose sake he risked his life in this expedition, as well as to express his zeal for God, and his country, against their avowed enemies; the Greek version has only one hundred men, (see 2 Samuel 3:14); and David brought their foreskins ; along with him to Saul’s court, having taken them off when slain. Josephus says he cut off their heads, and brought them to him, and he makes the number to be six hundred; neither are according to the text, but to make his history more agreeable to the Gentiles, (see 1 Samuel 18:21); an Arabic writer makes mention of a people, that cut off the genital parts of men, and gave them to their wives for their dowry: and they gave them in full tale to the king ; the messengers David sent in with them, even the full tale of two hundred, which were as many more as were demanded: that he might be the king’s son in law ; being now as desirous of it as the king was: and Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife ; which he could not in honour refuse to do, seeing he had performed the condition he had required. David’s marriage of the younger sister, when upon various considerations it might have been expected that he should have married the elder, may be an emblem of Christ’s espousing the Gentile church, when the Jewish church, her elder sister, is neglected by him, she having rejected him.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-30 - For a long time David was kept in continual apprehension of falling by the hand of Saul, yet he persevered in meek and respectful behaviou towards his persecutor. How uncommon is such prudence and discretion especially under insults and provocations! Let us inquire if we imitat this part of the exemplary character before us. Are we behaving wisel in all our ways? Is there no sinful omission, no rashness of spirit nothing wrong in our conduct? Opposition and perverseness in others will not excuse wrong tempers in us, but should increase our care, an attention to the duties of our station. Consider Him that endure contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be weary and faint in your minds, Heb 12:3. If David magnified the honour of being son-in-la to king Saul, how should we magnify the honour of being sons to the King of kings __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויקם 6965 דוד 1732 וילך 1980 הוא 1931 ואנשׁיו 376 ויך 5221 בפלשׁתים 6430 מאתים 3967 אישׁ 376 ויבא 935 דוד 1732 את 853 ערלתיהם 6190 וימלאום 4390 למלך 4428 להתחתן 2859 במלך 4428 ויתן 5414 לו שׁאול 7586 את 853 מיכל 4324 בתו 1323 לאשׁה׃ 802
