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1
Now it came
about when he had finished
speaking
to Saul,
that the soul
of Jonathan
was knit
to the soul
of David,
and Jonathan
loved
him as himself.
2
Saul
took
him that day
and did not let
him return
to his father's
house.
3
Then Jonathan
made
a covenant
with David
because he loved
him as himself.
4
Jonathan
stripped
himself of the robe
that was on him and gave
it to David,
with his armor,
including
his sword
and his bow
and his belt.
5
So David
went
out wherever
Saul
sent
him, and prospered;
and
Saul
set
him over
the men
of war.
And it was pleasing
in the sight
of all
the people
and also
in the sight
of
Saul
's
servants.
6
It happened
as they were coming,
when David
returned
from killing
the Philistine,
that the women
came
out of all
the cities
of Israel,
singing
and dancing,
to meet
King
Saul,
with tambourines,
with joy
and with musical instruments.
7
The women
sang
as they played,
and said,
"Saul
has slain
his thousands,
And David
his ten thousands."
8
Then Saul
became
very
angry,
for this
saying
displeased
him; and he said,
"They have ascribed
to David
ten thousands,
but to me they have ascribed
thousands.
Now what more
can he have but the kingdom?"
9
Saul
looked
at David
with suspicion
from that day
on.
10
Now it came
about on the next day
that an evil
spirit
from God
came mightily
upon Saul,
and he raved
in the midst
of the house,
while David
was playing
the harp with his hand,
as usual;
and a spear
was in Saul's
hand.
11
Saul
hurled
the spear
for he thought,
"I will pin
David
to the wall."
But
David
escaped
from his presence
twice.
12
Now Saul
was afraid
of David,
for the LORD
was with him but had departed
from Saul.
13
Therefore Saul
removed
him from his presence
and appointed
him as his commander
of a thousand;
and he went
out and came
in before
the people.
14
David
was prospering
in all
his ways
for the LORD
was with him.
15
When Saul
saw
that he was prospering
greatly,
he dreaded
him.
16
But all
Israel
and Judah
loved
David,
and he went
out and came
in before
them.
17
Then Saul
said
to David,
"Here
is my older
daughter
Merab;
I will give
her to you as a wife,
only
be a valiant
man
for me and fight
the LORD'S
battles."
For Saul
thought,
"My hand
shall not be against him, but let the hand
of the Philistines
be against him."
18
But David
said
to Saul,
"Who
am I, and what
is my life
or my father's
family
in Israel,
that I should be the king's
son-in-law?"
19
So it came
about at the time
when Merab,
Saul's
daughter,
should have been given
to David,
that she was given
to Adriel
the Meholathite
for a wife.
20
Now Michal,
Saul's
daughter,
loved
David.
When they told
Saul,
the thing
was agreeable
to him.
21
Saul
thought,
"I will give
her to him that she may become
a snare
to him, and that the hand
of the Philistines
may be against him." Therefore
Saul
said
to David,
"For a second time
you may be my son-in-law
today."
22
Then Saul
commanded
his servants
,
"Speak
to David
secretly,
saying,
'Behold,
the king
delights
in you, and all
his servants
love
you; now
therefore, become
the king
's
son-in-law.'"
23
So Saul's
servants
spoke
these
words
to David.
But David
said,
"Is it trivial
in your sight
to become
the king's
son-in-law,
since I am a poor
man
and lightly esteemed?"
24
The servants
of Saul
reported
to him according to these
words
which David
spoke.
25
Saul
then said,
"Thus
you shall say
to David,
'The king
does not desire
any dowry
except
a hundred
foreskins
of the Philistines,
to take vengeance
on the king's
enemies.'"
Now
Saul
planned
to make David
fall
by the hand
of the Philistines.
26
When his servants
told
David
these
words,
it pleased
David
to become
the king's
son-in-law.
Before the days
had expired
27
David
rose
up and went,
he and his
men
,
and struck down
two hundred
men
among the Philistines.
Then
David
brought
their foreskins,
and they
gave
them in full
number to the king,
that he might become
the king's
son-in-law.
So Saul
gave
him Michal
his daughter
for a wife.
28
When Saul
saw
and knew
that the LORD
was with David,
and that Michal,
Saul's
daughter,
loved
him,
29
then Saul
was even more
afraid
of David.
Thus Saul
was David's
enemy
continually.
30
Then the commanders
of the Philistines
went
out to battle, and it happened
as often
as they
went
out, that David
behaved
himself more
wisely
than
all
the servants
of Saul.
So his name
was highly
esteemed.
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