And Saul said to David, Here is the bride-price: one hundred foreskins of the Philistines — the demand for *cento orlot Philishtim*, one hundred Philistine foreskins, is grotesque and intentionally impossible-seeming, yet it also represents a genuine warrior's ambition. The *orlah*, foreskin (sign of uncircumcision and covenant exclusion), when taken from the Philistine dead, becomes a trophy of war and a symbol of covenant victory. Saul presumably expects David to die attempting this task, yet if he succeeds, his achievement will bind him more securely through marriage.

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