King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. And it came to pass,[H1961] when he had made an end[H3615] of speaking[H1696] unto[H413] 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[H1931] day,[H3117] and would let[H5414] him go no more home[H7725] [H3808] to his father's[H1] house.[H1004]

3. Then Jonathan[H3083] and David[H1732] made[H3772] a covenant,[H1285] because he loved[H157] him as his own soul.[H5315]

4. And Jonathan[H3083] stripped himself[H6584] of[H853] the robe[H4598] that[H834] was upon[H5921] him, and gave[H5414] it to David,[H1732] and his garments,[H4055] even to[H5740] his sword,[H2719] and to[H5704] his bow,[H7198] and to[H5704] his girdle.[H2290]

5. And David[H1732] went out[H3318] whithersoever[H834] [H3605] Saul[H7586] sent[H7971] him, and behaved himself wisely:[H7919] and Saul[H7586] set[H7760] him over[H5921] the men[H376] of war,[H4421] and he was accepted[H3190] in the sight[H5869] of all[H3605] the people,[H5971] and also[H1571] in the sight[H5869] of Saul's[H7586] servants.[H5650]

6. And it came to pass[H1961] as they came,[H935] when David[H1732] was returned[H7725] from the slaughter[H4480] [H5221] of[H853] the Philistine,[H6430] that the women[H802] came out[H3318] of all[H4480] [H3605] cities[H5892] of Israel,[H3478] singing[H7891] and dancing,[H4246] to meet[H7125] king[H4428] Saul,[H7586] with tabrets,[H8596] with joy,[H8057] and with instruments of music.[H7991]

7. And the women[H802] answered[H6030] one another as they played,[H7832] and said,[H559] Saul[H7586] hath slain[H5221] his thousands,[H505] and David[H1732] his ten thousands.[H7233]

8. And Saul[H7586] was very[H3966] wroth,[H2734] and the[H2088] saying[H1697] displeased[H3415] [H5869] him; and he said,[H559] 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[H5750] but[H389] the kingdom?[H4410]

9. And Saul[H7586] eyed[H5770] [H853] David[H1732] from that day[H4480] [H3117] [H1931] and forward.[H1973]

10. And it came to pass[H1961] on the morrow,[H4480] [H4283] that the evil[H7451] spirit[H7307] from God[H430] came[H6743] upon[H413] Saul,[H7586] and he prophesied[H5012] in the midst[H8432] of the house:[H1004] and David[H1732] played[H5059] with his hand,[H3027] as at other times:[H3117] [H3117] and there was a javelin[H2595] in Saul's[H7586] hand.[H3027]

11. And Saul[H7586] cast[H2904] [H853] the javelin;[H2595] for he said,[H559] I will smite[H5221] David[H1732] even to the wall[H7023] with it. And David[H1732] avoided[H5437] out of his presence[H4480] [H6440] twice.[H6471]

12. And Saul[H7586] was afraid[H3372] of[H4480] [H6440] David,[H1732] because[H3588] the LORD[H3068] was[H1961] with[H5973] him, and was departed[H5493] from[H4480] [H5973] Saul.[H7586]

13. Therefore Saul[H7586] removed[H5493] him from[H4480] [H5973] him, and made[H7760] 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[H3605] his ways;[H1870] and the LORD[H3068] was with[H5973] him.

15. Wherefore when Saul[H7586] saw[H7200] that[H834] he[H1931] behaved himself very wisely,[H7919] [H3966] he was afraid[H1481] of[H4480] [H6440] him.

16. But all[H3605] Israel[H3478] and Judah[H3063] loved[H157] [H853] David,[H1732] because[H3588] he[H1931] went out[H3318] and came in[H935] before[H6440] them.

17. And Saul[H7586] said[H559] to[H413] David,[H1732] Behold[H2009] my elder[H1419] daughter[H1323] Merab,[H4764] her will I give[H5414] thee to wife:[H802] only[H389] be[H1961] thou valiant[H1121] [H2428] for me, and fight[H3898] the LORD's[H3068] battles.[H4421] For Saul[H7586] said,[H559] Let not[H408] mine hand[H3027] be[H1961] upon him, but let the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430] be[H1961] upon him.

18. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto[H413] Saul,[H7586] Who[H4310] am I?[H595] and what[H4310] is my life,[H2416] or my father's[H1] family[H4940] in Israel,[H3478] that[H3588] I should be[H1961] son-in-law[H2860] to the king?[H4428]

19. But it came to pass[H1961] at the time[H6256] when[H853] Merab[H4764] Saul's[H7586] daughter[H1323] should have been given[H5414] to David,[H1732] that she[H1931] was given[H5414] unto Adriel[H5741] the Meholathite[H4259] to wife.[H802]

20. And Michal[H4324] Saul's[H7586] daughter[H1323] loved[H157] [H853] David:[H1732] and they told[H5046] Saul,[H7586] and the thing[H1697] pleased[H3474] [H5869] him.

21. And Saul[H7586] said,[H559] I will give[H5414] him her, that she may be[H1961] a snare[H4170] to him, and that the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430] may be[H1961] against him. Wherefore Saul[H7586] said[H559] to[H413] David,[H1732] Thou shalt this day[H3117] be my son-in-law[H2860] in the one of the twain.[H8147]

22. And Saul[H7586] commanded[H6680] [H853] his servants,[H5650] saying, Commune[H1696] with[H413] David[H1732] secretly,[H3909] and say,[H559] Behold,[H2009] the king[H4428] hath delight[H2654] in thee, and all[H3605] his servants[H5650] love[H157] thee: now[H6258] therefore be the king's[H4428] son-in-law.[H2860]

23. And Saul's[H7586] servants[H5650] spoke[H1696] [H853] those[H428] 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 a king's[H4428] son-in-law,[H2860] seeing that I[H595] am a poor[H7326] man,[H376] and lightly esteemed?[H7034]

24. And the servants[H5650] of Saul[H7586] told[H5046] him, saying,[H559] On this[H428] manner[H1697] spoke[H1696] David.[H1732]

25. And Saul[H7586] said,[H559] Thus[H3541] shall ye say[H559] to David,[H1732] The king[H4428] desireth[H2656] not[H369] any dowry,[H4119] but[H3588] a hundred[H3967] foreskins[H6190] of the Philistines,[H6430] to be avenged[H5358] of the king's[H4428] enemies.[H341] But Saul[H7586] thought[H2803] to make[H853] David[H1732] fall[H5307] by the hand[H3027] of the Philistines.[H6430]

26. And when his servants[H5650] told[H5046] David[H1732] [H853] these[H428] words,[H1697] it pleased[H3474] [H1697] [H5869] David[H1732] well to be the king's[H4428] son-in-law:[H2860] and the days[H3117] were not[H3808] expired.[H4390]

27. Wherefore David[H1732] arose[H6965] and went,[H1980] he[H1931] and his men,[H376] and slew[H5221] of the Philistines[H6430] two hundred[H3967] men;[H376] and David[H1732] brought[H935] [H853] their foreskins,[H6190] and they gave them in full tale[H4390] to the king,[H4428] that he might be the king's[H4428] son-in-law.[H2860] And Saul[H7586] gave[H5414] him[H853] Michal[H4324] his daughter[H1323] to wife.[H802]

28. And Saul[H7586] saw[H7200] and knew[H3045] that[H3588] the LORD[H3068] was with[H5973] David,[H1732] and that Michal[H4324] Saul's[H7586] daughter[H1323] loved[H157] him.

29. And Saul[H7586] was yet[H5750] the more[H3254] afraid[H3372] of[H4480] [H6440] David;[H1732] and Saul[H7586] became[H1961] [H853] David's[H1732] enemy[H341] continually.[H3605] [H3117]

30. Then the princes[H8269] of the Philistines[H6430] went forth:[H3318] and it came to pass,[H1961] after[H4480] [H167] they went forth,[H3318] that David[H1732] behaved himself more wisely[H7919] than all[H4480] [H3605] the servants[H5650] of Saul;[H7586] so that his name[H8034] was much[H3966] set by.[H3365]