1Samuel 18
18As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.H3615H1696H7586H5315H3083H7194H5315H1732H3083H157H53152And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house.H7586H3947H3117H5414H7725H1H10043Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.H3083H1732H3772H1285H160H53154And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt.H3083H6584H4598H5414H1732H4055H2719H7198H22895And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.H1732H3318H7586H7971H7919H7586H7760H582H4421H3190H5869H5971H5869H7586H56506As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments.H935H1732H7725H5221H6430H802H3318H5892H3478H7891H4246H7125H4428H7586H8596H8057H79917And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, "Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands."H802H6030H7832H559H7586H5221H505H1732H72338And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the kingdom?"H7586H3966H2734H1697H3415H5869H559H5414H1732H7233H5414H505H44109And Saul eyed David from that day on.H7586H5770H1732H3117H197310The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand.H4283H7451H7307H430H6743H7586H5012H8432H1004H1732H5059H3027H3117H2595H7586H302711And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, "I will pin David to the wall." But David evaded him twice.H7586H2904H2595H559H5221H1732H7023H1732H5437H6440H647112Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul.H7586H3372H6440H1732H3068H5493H758613So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.H7586H5493H7760H8269H505H3318H935H6440H597114And David had success in all his undertakings, for the LORD was with him.H1732H7919H1870H306815And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him.H7586H7200H7919H3966H7919H1481H644016But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.H3478H3063H157H1732H3318H935H644017Then Saul said to David, "Here is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD's battles." For Saul thought, "Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him."H7586H559H1732H1419H1323H4764H5414H802H1121H2428H3898H3068H4421H7586H559H3027H3027H643018And David said to Saul, "Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?"H1732H559H7586H2416H1H4940H3478H2860H442819But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.H6256H4764H7586H1323H5414H1732H5414H5741H4259H80220Now Saul's daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.H4324H7586H1323H157H1732H5046H7586H1697H3474H586921Saul thought, "Let me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." Therefore Saul said to David a second time, "You shall now be my son-in-law."H7586H559H5414H4170H3027H6430H7586H559H1732H3117H2859H814722And Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David in private and say, 'Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now then become the king's son-in-law.'"H7586H6680H5650H1696H1732H3909H559H4428H2654H5650H157H4428H285923And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, "Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and have no reputation?"H7586H5650H1696H1697H241H1732H1732H559H5869H7043H4428H2859H7326H376H703424And the servants of Saul told him, "Thus and so did David speak."H5650H7586H5046H559H1697H1696H173225Then Saul said, "Thus shall you say to David, 'The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.H7586H559H559H1732H4428H2656H4119H3967H6190H6430H5358H4428H341H7586H2803H1732H5307H3027H643026And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. Before the time had expired,H5650H5046H1732H1697H3474H1697H5869H1732H4428H2859H3117H439027David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.H1732H6965H3212H582H5221H6430H3967H376H1732H935H6190H4390H4428H4428H2859H7586H5414H4324H1323H80228But when Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,H7586H7200H3045H3068H1732H4324H7586H1323H15729Saul was even more afraid of David. So Saul was David's enemy continually.H7586H3254H3372H6440H1732H7586H1732H341H311730Then the princes of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out David had more success than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.H8269H6430H3318H1767H3318H1732H7919H5650H7586H8034H3966H3365
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