strkjv@1Samuel:18:1
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:2
@ And
Saul
took
him that
day
, and would
let
him go no more
home
to his
fathers
house
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:3
@ Then
Jonathan
and
David
made
a
covenant
, because he
loved
him as his own
soul
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:4
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:5
@ 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
Sauls
servants
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:6
@ 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
tabrets
, with
joy
, and with instruments of
musick
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:7
@ And the
women
answered
one another as they
played
, and
said
,
Saul
hath
slain
his
thousands
, and
David
his ten
thousands
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:8
@ 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
?
strkjv@1Samuel:18:9
@ And
Saul
eyed
David
from that
day
and
forward
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:10
@ 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
Sauls
hand
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:11
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:12
@ And
Saul
was
afraid
of
David
, because the
LORD
was with him, and was
departed
from
Saul
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:13
@ Therefore
Saul
removed
him from him, and
made
him his
captain
over a
thousand
; and he went
out
and came
in
before
the
people
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:14
@ And
David
behaved himself
wisely
in all his
ways
; and the
LORD
was with him.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:15
@ Wherefore when
Saul
saw
that he
behaved
himself
very
wisely
, he was
afraid
of
him.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:16
@ But all
Israel
and
Judah
loved
David
, because he went
out
and came
in
before
them.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:17
@ 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
LORDS
battles
. For
Saul
said
, Let not mine
hand
be upon him, but let the
hand
of the
Philistines
be upon him.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:18
@ And
David
said
unto
Saul
, Who am I? and what is my
life
, or my
fathers
family
in
Israel
, that I should be son in
law
to the
king
?
strkjv@1Samuel:18:19
@ But it came to pass at the
time
when
Merab
Sauls
daughter
should have been
given
to
David
, that she was
given
unto
Adriel
the
Meholathite
to
wife
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:20
@ And
Michal
Sauls
daughter
loved
David
: and they
told
Saul
, and the
thing
pleased
him.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:21
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:22
@ 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
kings
son in
law
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:23
@ And
Sauls
servants
spake
those
words
in the
ears
of
David
. And
David
said
,
Seemeth
it to you a
light
thing to be a
kings
son in
law
, seeing that I am a
poor
man
, and lightly
esteemed
?
strkjv@1Samuel:18:24
@ And the
servants
of
Saul
told
him,
saying
, On this
manner
spake
David
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:25
@ 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
kings
enemies
. But
Saul
thought
to make
David
fall
by the
hand
of the
Philistines
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:26
@ And when his
servants
told
David
these
words
, it
pleased
David
well to be the
kings
son in
law
: and the
days
were not
expired
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:27
@ 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
kings
son in
law
. And
Saul
gave
him
Michal
his
daughter
to
wife
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:28
@ And
Saul
saw
and
knew
that the
LORD
was with
David
, and that
Michal
Sauls
daughter
loved
him.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:29
@ And
Saul
was yet the
more
afraid
of
David
; and
Saul
became
Davids
enemy
continually
.
strkjv@1Samuel:18:30
@ 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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