1 Samuel 18
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1 Samuel 18
1¶ And it came to pass when he had finished speaking unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house.
3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.
4And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him and gave it to David and his garments, even to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle.
5And David went out wherever Saul sent him and behaved himself prudently, and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s slaves.
6¶ And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
7And the women sang as they played and said, Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands.
8And Saul was very wroth, and the 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?
9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10And it came to pass on the next day that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, and David played with his hand as at other times, and there was a spear in Saul’s hand.
11And Saul cast the spear, saying, I will smite David to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
12¶ But Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him and had departed from Saul.
13Therefore, Saul removed him from him and made him captain over a thousand, and he went out and came in before the people.
14And David behaved himself prudently in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
15Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved himself very prudently, he was afraid of him.
16But all Israel and Judah loved David because he went out and came in before them.
17And Saul said to David, Behold I will give thee my elder daughter Merab to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said to himself, My hand shall not be against him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be against him.
18And 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?
19And 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.
20But Michal, Saul’s other daughter, loved David, and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21And Saul said, I will give her to him that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore, Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law with the other one.
22And Saul commanded his slaves, saying, Speak with David secretly and say, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his slaves love thee; now, therefore, be the king’s son-in-law.
23And Saul’s slaves spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?
24And the slaves of Saul told him, saying, David spoke these words.
25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The desire of the king is not in any dowry, but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. For Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26And when his slaves told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law, and the days were not expired.
27Therefore 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 all to the king that he might be the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal, his daughter, to wife.
28 But Saul, seeing and knowing that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,
29was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth, and it came to pass after they went forth that David behaved himself more prudently than all the slaves of Saul so that his name was much set by.
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1 Samuel 18
1¶ And it came to pass when he had finished speaking unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house.
3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.
4And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him and gave it to David and his garments, even to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle.
5And David went out wherever Saul sent him and behaved himself prudently, and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s slaves.
6¶ And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
7And the women sang as they played and said, Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands.
8And Saul was very wroth, and the 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?
9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10And it came to pass on the next day that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, and David played with his hand as at other times, and there was a spear in Saul’s hand.
11And Saul cast the spear, saying, I will smite David to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
12¶ But Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him and had departed from Saul.
13Therefore, Saul removed him from him and made him captain over a thousand, and he went out and came in before the people.
14And David behaved himself prudently in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
15Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved himself very prudently, he was afraid of him.
16But all Israel and Judah loved David because he went out and came in before them.
17And Saul said to David, Behold I will give thee my elder daughter Merab to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said to himself, My hand shall not be against him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be against him.
18And 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?
19And 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.
20But Michal, Saul’s other daughter, loved David, and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21And Saul said, I will give her to him that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore, Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law with the other one.
22And Saul commanded his slaves, saying, Speak with David secretly and say, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his slaves love thee; now, therefore, be the king’s son-in-law.
23And Saul’s slaves spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?
24And the slaves of Saul told him, saying, David spoke these words.
25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The desire of the king is not in any dowry, but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. For Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26And when his slaves told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law, and the days were not expired.
27Therefore 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 all to the king that he might be the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal, his daughter, to wife.
28 But Saul, seeing and knowing that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,
29was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth, and it came to pass after they went forth that David behaved himself more prudently than all the slaves of Saul so that his name was much set by.
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