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And it
came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking
unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit
with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as
his own soul.
02 And Saul took him that day, and would let him
go no more home to his father's house.
03 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant,
because he loved him as his own soul.
04 And 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.
05 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent
him, and behaved himself wisely: 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 servants.
06 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 tabrets, with joy, and with
instruments of music.
07 And the women answered one another as they
played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.
08 And 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?
09 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10 And it came to pass on the morrow, 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 javelin in Saul's hand.
11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will
smite David even to the wall with it. And David
avoided out of his presence twice.
12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord
was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made
him his captain over a thousand; and he went out
and came in before the people.
14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his
ways; and the Lord was with him.
15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved
himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because
he went out and came in before them.
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17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder
daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife:
only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's
battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon
him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon
him.
18 And 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?
19 But 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.
20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and
they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she
may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the
Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul
said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in
law in the one of the twain.
22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying,
Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the
king hath delight in thee, and all his servants
love thee: now therefore be the king's son in
law.
23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the
ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you
a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing
that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On
this manner spake David.
25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The
king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred
foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of
the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make
David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 And when his servants told David these words,
it pleased David well to be the king's son in
law: and the days were not expired.
27 Wherefore 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 in full tale to the king, that he might be
the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal
his daughter to wife.
28 And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with
David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and
Saul became David's enemy continually.
30 Then the princes of the Philistines went
forth: and it came to pass, after they went
forth, that David behaved himself more wisely
than all the servants of Saul; so that his name
was much set by.
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