1Samuel:18
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And it came to pass ,
when he had made an end of speaking to Saul ,
that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David ,
and Jonathan loved him as his own soul .
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And Saul took him that day ,
and would let him go no more home to his father '
house .
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Then Jonathan and David made a covenant ,
because he loved him as his own soul .
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And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him ,
and gave it to David ,
and his garments ,
even to his sword ,
and to his bow ,
and to his girdle .
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And David went out wherever 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 '
servants .
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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 .
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And the women answered one another as they played ,
and said ,
Saul has slain his thousands ,
and David his ten thousands .
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And Saul was very wroth ,
and the saying displeased him ;
and he said ,
They have ascribed to David ten thousands ,
and to me they have ascribed but thousands :
and what can he have more but the kingdom ?
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And Saul eyed David from that day and forward .
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And it came to pass on the morrow ,
that the evil spirit from God came on Saul ,
and he prophesied in the middle of the house :
and David played with his hand ,
as at other times :
and there was a javelin in Saul '
hand .
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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 .
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And Saul was afraid of David ,
because the LORD was with him ,
and was departed from Saul .
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Therefore Saul removed him from him ,
and made him his captain over a thousand ;
and he went out and came in before the people .
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And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways ;
and the LORD was with him .
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Why when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely ,
he was afraid of him .
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But all Israel and Judah loved David ,
because he went out and came in before them .
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And Saul said to David ,
Behold my elder daughter Merab ,
her will I give you to wife :
only be you valiant for me ,
and fight the LORD '
battles .
For Saul said ,
Let not my hand be on him ,
but let the hand of the Philistines be on him .
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And David said to Saul ,
Who am I ?
and what is my life ,
or my father '
family in Israel ,
that I should be son in law to the king ?
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But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul '
daughter should have been given to David ,
that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife .
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And Michal Saul '
daughter loved David :
and they told Saul ,
and the thing pleased him .
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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 .
Why Saul said to David ,
You shall this day be my son in law in the one of the two .
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And Saul commanded his servants ,
saying ,
Commune with David secretly ,
and say ,
Behold ,
the king has delight in you ,
and all his servants love you :
now therefore be the king '
son in law .
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And Saul '
servants spoke those words in the ears of David .
And David said ,
Seems it to you a light thing to be a king '
son in law ,
seeing that I am a poor man ,
and lightly esteemed ?
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And the servants of Saul told him ,
saying ,
On this manner spoke David .
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And Saul said ,
Thus shall you say to David ,
The king desires not any dowry ,
but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines ,
to be avenged of the king '
enemies .
But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines .
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And when his servants told David these words ,
it pleased David well to be the king '
son in law :
and the days were not expired .
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Why 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 '
son in law .
And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife .
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And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David ,
and that Michal Saul '
daughter loved him .
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And Saul was yet the more afraid of David ;
and Saul became David '
enemy continually .
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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 .