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1Samuel 18
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18Saul and David finished their conversation. After that, Saul's son Jonathan was deeply attracted to David and came to love him as much as he loved himself.H3615H1696H7586H5315H3083H7194H5315H1732H3083H157H5315 2Saul kept David with him from that day on and did not let him go back home.H7586H3947H3117H5414H7725H1H1004 3Jonathan swore eternal friendship with David because of his deep affection for him.H3083H1732H3772H1285H160H5315 4He took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, together with his armor and also his sword, bow, and belt.H3083H6584H4598H5414H1732H4055H2719H7198H2289 5David was successful in all the missions on which Saul sent him, and so Saul made him an officer in his army. This pleased all of Saul's officers and men.H1732H3318H7586H7971H7919H7586H7760H582H4421H3190H5869H5971H5869H7586H5650

Saul Becomes Jealous of David

6As David was returning after killing Goliath and as the soldiers were coming back home, women from every town in Israel came out to meet King Saul. They were singing joyful songs, dancing, and playing tambourines and lyres.H935H1732H7725H5221H6430H802H3318H5892H3478H7891H4246H7125H4428H7586H8596H8057H7991 7In their celebration the women sang, "Saul has killed thousands, but David tens of thousands."H802H6030H7832H559H7586H5221H505H1732H7233 8Saul did not like this, and he became very angry. He said, "For David they claim tens of thousands, but only thousands for me. They will be making him king next!"H7586H3966H2734H1697H3415H5869H559H5414H1732H7233H5414H505H4410 9And so he was jealous and suspicious of David from that day on.H7586H5770H1732H3117H1973 10The next day an evil spirit from God suddenly took control of Saul, and he raved in his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did every day, and Saul was holding a spear.H4283H7451H7307H430H6743H7586H5012H8432H1004H1732H5059H3027H3117H2595H7586H3027 11"I'll pin him to the wall," Saul said to himself, and he threw the spear at him twice; but David dodged each time.H7586H2904H2595H559H5221H1732H7023H1732H5437H6440H6471 12Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with David but had abandoned him.H7586H3372H6440H1732H3068H5493H7586 13So Saul sent him away and put him in command of a thousand men. David led his men in battleH7586H5493H7760H8269H505H3318H935H6440H5971 14and was successful in all he did, because the LORD was with him.H1732H7919H1870H3068 15Saul noticed David's success and became even more afraid of him.H7586H7200H7919H3966H7919H1481H6440 16But everyone in Israel and Judah loved David because he was such a successful leader.H3478H3063H157H1732H3318H935H6440

David Marries Saul’s Daughter

17Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife on condition that you serve me as a brave and loyal soldier, and fight the LORD's battles." (Saul was thinking that in this way the Philistines would kill David, and he would not have to do it himself.)H7586H559H1732H1419H1323H4764H5414H802H1121H2428H3898H3068H4421H7586H559H3027H3027H6430 18David answered, "Who am I and what is my family that I should become the king's son-in-law?"H1732H559H7586H2416H1H4940H3478H2860H4428 19But when the time came for Merab to be given to David, she was given instead to a man named Adriel from Meholah.H6256H4764H7586H1323H5414H1732H5414H5741H4259H802 20Saul's daughter Michal, however, fell in love with David, and when Saul heard of this, he was pleased.H4324H7586H1323H157H1732H5046H7586H1697H3474H5869 21He said to himself, "I'll give Michal to David; I will use her to trap him, and he will be killed by the Philistines." So for the second time Saul said to David, "You will be my son-in-law."H7586H559H5414H4170H3027H6430H7586H559H1732H3117H2859H8147 22He ordered his officials to speak privately with David and tell him, "The king is pleased with you and all his officials like you; now is a good time for you to marry his daughter."H7586H6680H5650H1696H1732H3909H559H4428H2654H5650H157H4428H2859 23So they told this to David, and he answered, "It's a great honor to become the king's son-in-law, too great for someone poor and insignificant like me."H7586H5650H1696H1697H241H1732H1732H559H5869H7043H4428H2859H7326H376H7034 24The officials told Saul what David had said,H5650H7586H5046H559H1697H1696H1732 25and Saul ordered them to tell David: "All the king wants from you as payment for the bride are the foreskins of a hundred dead Philistines, as revenge on his enemies." (This was how Saul planned to have David killed by the Philistines.)H7586H559H559H1732H4428H2656H4119H3967H6190H6430H5358H4428H341H7586H2803H1732H5307H3027H6430 26Saul's officials reported to David what Saul had said, and David was delighted with the thought of becoming the king's son-in-law. Before the day set for the wedding,H5650H5046H1732H1697H3474H1697H5869H1732H4428H2859H3117H4390 27David and his men went and killed two hundred Philistines. He took their foreskins to the king and counted them all out to him, so that he might become his son-in-law. So Saul had to give his daughter Michal in marriage to David.H1732H6965H3212H582H5221H6430H3967H376H1732H935H6190H4390H4428H4428H2859H7586H5414H4324H1323H802 28Saul realized clearly that the LORD was with David and also that his daughter Michal loved him.H7586H7200H3045H3068H1732H4324H7586H1323H157 29So he became even more afraid of David and was his enemy as long as he lived.H7586H3254H3372H6440H1732H7586H1732H341H3117 30The Philistine armies would come and fight, but in every battle David was more successful than any of Saul's other officers. As a result David became very famous.H8269H6430H3318H1767H3318H1732H7919H5650H7586H8034H3966H3365


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