27 So David rose and he and his men went and struck+ down among the Phi·lisʹtines two* hundred men, and David came bringing their foreskins+ and giving them in full number to the king, to form a marriage alliance with the king. In turn Saul gave him Miʹchal his daughter as a wife.+

14 At this A·himʹe·lech answered the king and said: “And who among all your servants is like David,+ faithful,+ and the son-in-law+ of the king and a chief over your bodyguard and honored in your house?+

15 An answer, when mild, turns away rage,+ but a word causing pain makes anger to come up.+

15 By patience* a commander is induced, and a mild tongue itself can break a bone.+