1Samuel:18

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* Now when he had finished speaking to Saul , the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David , and Jonathan loved him as his own soul . * And Saul took him that day , and would not let him return to his father ’s house . * And Jonathan and David made a covenant , because he loved him as his own soul . * And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David , with his garments , even to his sword and his bow and his belt . * And David went out wherever Saul sent him , and behaved wisely . And Saul set him over the men of war , and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of Saul ’s servants . * And it happened as they were coming , as David was returning from killing the Philistine , that the women came out from all the cities of Israel , singing and dancing , to meet King Saul , with tambourines , with joy , and with instruments of the triad . * And the women responded as they played , and said : Saul has slain his thousands , and David his ten thousands . * And Saul was very furious , and the saying made his eyes quiver ; and he said , They have ascribed to David ten thousands , and to me they have ascribed only thousands . Now what more can he have but the kingdom ? * So Saul eyed David from that day forward . * And it happened on the next day that the evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul , and he prophesied inside the house . So David played music with his hand , as at other times ; and there was a spear in Saul ’s hand . * And Saul threw the spear , for he thought , I will strike David to the wall ! But David turned away from his presence twice . * And Saul was afraid of David , because Jehovah was with him , but had departed from Saul . * Therefore Saul removed him from being with him , and made him his commander over a thousand ; and he went out and came in before the people . * And David behaved wisely in all his ways , and Jehovah was with him . * Therefore , when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely , he was afraid of him . * But all Israel and Judah loved David , because he went out and came in before them . * And Saul said to David , Here is my older daughter Merab ; I will give her to you as a wife . Only be valiant for me , and fight the battles of Jehovah . For Saul thought , Let my hand not be against him , but let the hand of the Philistines be against him . * And David said to 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 ? * But it happened at the time when Merab , Saul ’s daughter , should have been given to David , that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife . * Now Michal , Saul ’s daughter , loved David . And they told Saul , and the thing was agreeable in his eyes . * And Saul said , I will give her to him , that she may be a snare to him , and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him . Therefore Saul said to David a second time , You shall be my son-in-law today . * And Saul commanded his servants , Speak with David secretly , and say , Behold , the king has delighted in you , and all his servants love you . Now therefore , become the king ’s son-in-law . * And Saul ’s servants spoke those words in David ’s ears . And David said , Is it a slight thing in your eyes to be a king ’s son-in-law , seeing as how I am a poor man and lightly esteemed ? * And the servants of Saul reported to him , saying , In this manner David has spoken . * And Saul said , Thus you shall say to David : The king does not desire any dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines , to take vengeance on the king ’s enemies . But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines . * And when his servants told David these words , the thing was agreeable in David ’s eyes , to become the king ’s son-in-law . And the day had not ended ; * therefore David rose up and went out , he and his men , and killed two hundred men of the Philistines . And David brought their foreskins , and they gave them in full count to the king , that he might become the king ’s son-in-law . And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife . * Thus Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David , and that Michal , Saul ’s daughter , loved him ; * and Saul was still more afraid of David . So Saul was David ’s enemy continually . * And the commanders of the Philistines went out to war . And so it was , whenever they went out , that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul , so that his name became highly esteemed .

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