Halakhah for Sanhedrin 38:8

שאול סבר מלוה ופרוטה דעתיה אמלוה ודוד סבר מלוה ופרוטה דעתיה אפרוטה

How does this prove it? — R. Papa answered: Because he said, My wife Michal but not 'my wife Merab'. Now, what was the error in his marriage [with Merab]? [It was this:] It is written, And it shall be that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches and will give him his daughter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XVII, 25, referring to the slaying of Goliath. ');">¹²</span> Now he [David] went and slew him, whereupon Saul said to him: I owe thee a debt, and if one betroths a woman by a debt,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., by remitting the amount to her or, if she is a minor, to her father. ');">¹³</span>

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