ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 18
1. And it came to pass[H3615], when he had made an end of speaking[H1696] unto Saul[H7586], that the soul[H5315] of Jonathan[H3083] was knit[H7194] with the soul[H5315] of David[H1732], and Jonathan[H3083] loved[H157] him as his own soul[H5315].
2. And Saul[H7586] took[H3947] him that day[H3117], and would let[H5414] him go no more home[H7725] to his father[H1]'s house[H1004].
3. Then Jonathan[H3083] and David[H1732] made[H3772] a covenant[H1285], because he loved[H160] him as his own soul[H5315].
4. And Jonathan[H3083] stripped[H6584] himself of the robe[H4598] that was upon him[H5414], and gave it to David[H1732], and his apparel[H4055], even to his sword[H2719], and to his bow[H7198], and to his girdle[H2289].
5. And David[H1732] went out[H3318] whithersoever Saul[H7586] sent[H7971] him[H7919], and behaved himself wisely: and Saul[H7586] set[H7760] him over the men[H582] of war[H4421], and it was good[H3190] in the sight[H5869] of all the people[H5971], and also in the sight[H5869] of Saul[H7586]'s servants[H5650].
6. And it came to pass as they came[H935], when David[H1732] returned[H7725] from the slaughter[H5221] of the Philistine[H6430], that the women[H802] came out[H3318] of all the cities[H5892] of Israel[H3478], singing[H7891] and dancing[H4246], to meet[H7125] king[H4428] Saul[H7586], with timbrels[H8596], with joy[H8057], and with instruments of music[H7991].
7. And the women[H802] sang[H6030] one to another as they played[H7832], and said[H559], Saul[H7586] hath slain[H5221] his thousands[H505], And David[H1732] his ten thousands[H505].
8. And Saul[H7586] was very[H3966] wroth[H2734], and this saying[H1697] displeased[H3415] him[H559]; and he said, They have ascribed[H5414] unto David[H1732] ten thousands[H7233], and to me they have ascribed[H5414] but thousands[H505]: and what can he have more but the kingdom[H4410]?
9. And Saul[H7586] eyed[H5770] David[H1732] from that day[H3117] and forward[H1973].
10. And it came to pass on the morrow[H4283], that an evil[H7451] spirit[H7307] from God[H430] came[H6743] mightily upon Saul[H7586], and he prophesied[H5012] in the midst[H8432] of the house[H1004]: and David[H1732] played[H5059] with his hand[H3027], as he did day by day[H3117]. And Saul[H7586] had his spear[H2595] in his hand[H3027];
11. and Saul[H7586] cast[H2904] the spear[H2595]; for he said[H559], I will smite[H5221] David[H1732] even to the wall[H7023]. And David[H1732] avoided out[H5437] of his presence[H6440] twice[H6471].
12. And Saul[H7586] was afraid[H3372] of[H6440] David[H1732], because Jehovah[H3068] was with him[H5493], and was departed from Saul[H7586].
13. Therefore Saul[H7586] removed[H5493] him from him[H7760], and made him his captain[H8269] over a thousand[H505]; and he went out[H3318] and came in[H935] before[H6440] the people[H5971].
14. And David[H1732] behaved himself wisely[H7919] in all his ways[H1870]; and Jehovah was with him[H3068].
15. And when Saul[H7586] saw[H7200] that he behaved[H7919] himself very[H3966] wisely[H7919], he stood in awe[H1481] of him[H6440].
16. But all Israel[H3478] and Judah[H3063] loved[H157] David[H1732]; for he went out[H3318] and came in[H935] before them[H6440].
17. And Saul[H7586] said[H559] to David[H1732], Behold[H1419], my elder daughter[H1323] Merab[H4764], her will I give[H5414] thee to wife[H802]: only be thou valiant[H1121] for me[H3898], and fight Jehovah[H3068]'s battles[H4421]. For Saul[H7586] said[H559], Let not my hand[H3027] be upon him[H3027], but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him[H6430].
18. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto Saul[H7586], Who am I[H2416], and what is my life, or my father[H1]'s family[H4940] in Israel[H3478], that I should be son-in[H2860]-law to the king[H4428]?
19. But it came to pass at the time[H6256] when Merab[H4764], Saul[H7586]'s daughter[H1323], should have been given[H5414] to David[H1732], that she was given[H5414] unto Adriel[H5741] the Meholathite[H4259] to wife[H802].
20. And Michal[H4324], Saul[H7586]'s daughter[H1323], loved[H157] David[H1732]: and they told[H5046] Saul[H7586], and the thing[H1697] pleased him[H3474].
21. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], I will give[H5414] him her[H4170], that she may be a snare to him[H3027], and that the hand of the Philistines[H6430] may be against him[H7586]. Wherefore Saul said[H559] to David[H1732], Thou shalt this day[H3117] be my son-in[H2859]-law a second time[H8147].
22. And Saul[H7586] commanded[H6680] his servants[H5650], saying[H1696], Commune with David[H1732] secretly[H3909], and say[H559], Behold[H4428], the king hath delight[H2654] in thee[H5650], and all his servants love[H157] thee[H4428]: now therefore be the king's son-in[H2859]-law.
23. And Saul[H7586]'s servants[H5650] spake[H1696] those words[H1697] in the ears[H241] of David[H1732]. And David[H1732] said[H559], Seemeth[H5869] it to you a light[H7043] thing to be the king[H4428]'s son-in[H2859]-law, seeing that I am a poor[H7326] man[H376], and lightly esteemed[H7034]?
24. And the servants[H5650] of Saul[H7586] told[H5046] him[H559], saying, On this manner[H1697] spake[H1696] David[H1732].
25. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], Thus shall ye say[H559] to David[H1732], The king[H4428] desireth[H2656] not any dowry[H4119], but a hundred[H3967] foreskins[H6190] of the Philistines[H6430], to be avenged[H5358] of the king[H4428]'s enemies[H341]. Now Saul[H7586] thought[H2803] to make David[H1732] fall[H5307] by the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].
26. And when his servants[H5650] told[H5046] David[H1732] these words[H1697], it pleased[H1697] David[H1732] well to be the king[H4428]'s son-in[H2859]-law. And the days[H3117] were not expired[H4390];
27. and David[H1732] arose[H6965] and went[H3212], he and his men[H582], and slew[H5221] of the Philistines[H6430] two hundred[H3967] men[H376]; and David[H1732] brought[H935] their foreskins[H6190], and they gave them in full number[H4390] to the king[H4428], that he might be the king[H4428]'s son-in[H2859]-law. And Saul[H7586] gave[H5414] him Michal[H4324] his daughter[H1323] to wife[H802].
28. And Saul[H7586] saw[H7200] and knew[H3045] that Jehovah[H3068] was with David[H1732]; and Michal[H4324], Saul[H7586]'s daughter[H1323], loved him[H157].
29. And Saul[H7586] was yet the more[H3254] afraid[H3372] of[H6440] David[H1732]; and Saul[H7586] was David[H1732]'s enemy[H341] continually[H3117].
30. Then the princes[H8269] of the Philistines[H6430] went forth[H3318]: and it came to pass[H1767], as often as they went forth[H3318], that David[H1732] behaved himself more wisely[H7919] than all the servants[H5650] of Saul[H7586]; so that his name[H8034] was much[H3966] set by[H3365].
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