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Chapter 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.
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| 2 | And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his
father's house. |
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3 | Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he
loved him as his own soul. |
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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. |
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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 Saul's servants. |
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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 music. |
| 7 | And the women
answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands. |
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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? |
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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 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 Saul's 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. |
| 12 | 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. |
| 14 | And
David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
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| 15 | Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was
afraid of him. |
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16 | But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he
went out and came in before them. |
| 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 LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand
be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. |
| 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? |
| 19 | 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. |
| 20 | And Michal
Saul's 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. Wherefore Saul
said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the
twain. |
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| 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. |
| 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 a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man,
and lightly esteemed? |
| 24 | And the servants of Saul told him, saying,
On this manner spake David. |
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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 king's enemies. But Saul thought to make
David fall by the hand of the Philistines. |
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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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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
king's 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's
daughter loved him. |
| 29 | And Saul was yet the more afraid of David;
and Saul became David's enemy continually. |
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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. |
