18After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.H3615H1696H7586H5315H3083H7194H5315H1732H3083H157H53152From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father's house.H7586H3947H3117H5414H7725H1H10043And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.H3083H1732H3772H1285H160H53154Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.H3083H6584H4598H5414H1732H4055H2719H7198H22895Whatever Saul sent him to do, David did it so successfully that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the people, and Saul's officers as well.H1732H3318H7586H7971H7919H7586H7760H582H4421H3190H5869H5971H5869H7586H56506When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with tambourines and lutes.H935H1732H7725H5221H6430H802H3318H5892H3478H7891H4246H7125H4428H7586H8596H8057H79917As they danced, they sang: "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."H802H6030H7832H559H7586H5221H505H1732H72338Saul was very angry; this refrain galled him. "They have credited David with tens of thousands," he thought, "but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?"H7586H3966H2734H1697H3415H5869H559H5414H1732H7233H5414H505H44109And from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.H7586H5770H1732H3117H197310The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully upon Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the harp, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his handH4283H7451H7307H430H6743H7586H5012H8432H1004H1732H5059H3027H3117H2595H7586H302711and he hurled it, saying to himself, "I'll pin David to the wall." But David eluded him twice.H7586H2904H2595H559H5221H1732H7023H1732H5437H6440H647112Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had left Saul.H7586H3372H6440H1732H3068H5493H758613So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns.H7586H5493H7760H8269H505H3318H935H6440H597114In everything he did he had great success, because the LORD was with him.H1732H7919H1870H306815When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him.H7586H7200H7919H3966H7919H1481H644016But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.H3478H3063H157H1732H3318H935H644017Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the LORD." For Saul said to himself, "I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!"H7586H559H1732H1419H1323H4764H5414H802H1121H2428H3898H3068H4421H7586H559H3027H3027H643018But David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my family or my father's clan in Israel, that I should become the king's son-in-law?"H1732H559H7586H2416H1H4940H3478H2860H442819So when the time came for Merab, Saul's daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.H6256H4764H7586H1323H5414H1732H5414H5741H4259H80220Now Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased.H4324H7586H1323H157H1732H5046H7586H1697H3474H586921"I will give her to him," he thought, "so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." So Saul said to David, "Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law."H7586H559H5414H4170H3027H6430H7586H559H1732H3117H2859H814722Then Saul ordered his attendants: "Speak to David privately and say, 'Look, the king is pleased with you, and his attendants all like you; now become his son-in-law.'"H7586H6680H5650H1696H1732H3909H559H4428H2654H5650H157H4428H285923They repeated these words to David. But David said, "Do you think it is a small matter to become the king's son-in-law? I'm only a poor man and little known."H7586H5650H1696H1697H241H1732H1732H559H5869H7043H4428H2859H7326H376H703424When Saul's servants told him what David had said,H5650H7586H5046H559H1697H1696H173225Saul replied, "Say to David, 'The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.'" Saul's plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.H7586H559H559H1732H4428H2656H4119H3967H6190H6430H5358H4428H341H7586H2803H1732H5307H3027H643026When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king's son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed,H5650H5046H1732H1697H3474H1697H5869H1732H4428H2859H3117H439027David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented the full number to the king so that he might become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.H1732H6965H3212H582H5221H6430H3967H376H1732H935H6190H4390H4428H4428H2859H7586H5414H4324H1323H80228When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,H7586H7200H3045H3068H1732H4324H7586H1323H15729Saul became still more afraid of him, and he remained his enemy the rest of his days.H7586H3254H3372H6440H1732H7586H1732H341H311730The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul's officers, and his name became well known.H8269H6430H3318H1767H3318H1732H7919H5650H7586H8034H3966H3365