1Samuel:18
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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 .
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1Samuel:18:2 @
And Saul took him that day ,
and would let him go no more home to his father '
s house .
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1Samuel:18:3 @
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 upon him ,
and gave it to David ,
and his apparel ,
even to his sword ,
and to his bow ,
and to his girdle .
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And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him ,
and behaved himself wisely :
and Saul set him over the men of war ,
and it was good in the sight of all the people ,
and also in the sight of Saul '
s servants .
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1Samuel:18:6 @
And it came to pass as they came ,
when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine ,
that the women came out of all the cities of Israel ,
singing and dancing ,
to meet king Saul ,
with timbrels ,
with joy ,
and with instruments of music .
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1Samuel:18:7 @
And the women sang one to another as they played ,
and said ,
Saul hath slain his thousands ,
And David his ten thousands .
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And Saul was very wroth ,
and this 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 ?
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1Samuel:18:9 @
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward .
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And it came to pass on the morrow ,
that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul ,
and he prophesied in the midst of the house :
and David played with his hand ,
as he did day by day .
And Saul had his spear in his hand ;
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1Samuel:18:11 @
and Saul cast the spear ;
for he said ,
I will smite David even to the wall .
And David avoided out of his presence twice .
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1Samuel:18:12 @
And Saul was afraid of David ,
because Jehovah was with him ,
and was departed from Saul .
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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 .
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1Samuel:18:14 @
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways ;
and Jehovah was with him .
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1Samuel:18:15 @
And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely ,
he stood in awe of him .
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1Samuel:18:16 @
But all Israel and Judah loved David ;
for he went out and came in before them .
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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 Jehovah '
s battles .
For Saul said ,
Let not my hand be upon him ,
but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him .
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1Samuel:18:18 @
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 ?
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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 .
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1Samuel:18:20 @
And Michal ,
Saul '
s daughter ,
loved David :
and they told Saul ,
and the thing pleased him .
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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 a second time .
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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 king '
s son-in-law .
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1Samuel:18:23 @
And Saul '
s servants spake those words in the ears of David .
And David said ,
Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king '
s son-in-law ,
seeing that I am a poor man ,
and lightly esteemed ?
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1Samuel:18:24 @
And the servants of Saul told him ,
saying ,
On this manner spake David .
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1Samuel:18:25 @
And Saul said ,
Thus shall ye say to David ,
The king desireth not any dowry ,
but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines ,
to be avenged of the king '
s enemies .
Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines .
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1Samuel:18:26 @
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 ;
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1Samuel:18:27 @
and 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 number to the king ,
that he might be the king '
s son-in-law .
And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife .
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1Samuel:18:28 @
And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David ;
and Michal ,
Saul '
s daughter ,
loved him .
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1Samuel:18:29 @
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David ;
and Saul was David '
s enemy continually .
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Then the princes of the Philistines went forth :
and it came to pass ,
as often as they went forth ,
that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul ;
so that his name was much set by .