1 Samuel 18
Jonathan's Covenant
with David |
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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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And Saul took him that day, and would let
him go no more home to his father's 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 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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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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Saul Becomes Jealous
of David |
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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,
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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.
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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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Wherefore 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 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.
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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 A'dri-el the Meho'lathite to wife.
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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.
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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?
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And the servants of Saul told him,
saying, On this manner spake David.
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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. 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's son-in-law: and the
days were not expired.
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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.
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And Saul was yet the more afraid of
David; and Saul became David's 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.
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