| 1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto
Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan
loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him
go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a
covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped
himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his apparel,
even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 5 And David went out
whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set
him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and
also in the sight of Saul's servants. 6 And it came to pass as they came,
when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came
out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with
timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7 And the women sang
one to another as they played, and said,
Saul hath slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.
8 And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said,
They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but
thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed
David from that day and forward.
10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came
mightily upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David
played with his hand, as he did day by day. And Saul had his spear in his
hand; 11 and Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will smite David even to
the wall. And David avoided out of his presence twice. 12 And Saul was
afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a
thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David
behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him. 15 And
when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in
before them.
17 And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I
give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles.
For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the
Philistines be upon him. 18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I, and what
is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be
son-in-law to the king? 19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab,
Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto
Adriel the Meholathite to wife. 20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved
David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I
will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the
Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this
day be my son-in-law a second time.
22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David
secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his
servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's
servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it
to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor
man, and lightly esteemed? 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying,
On this manner spake David. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David,
The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines,
to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by
the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these
words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were
not expired; 27 and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the
Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave
them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And
Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 28 And Saul saw and knew that
Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 29 And
Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy
continually.
30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as
often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the
servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
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