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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.

And Saul

took

him that day,

and would let

him go no more home

to his father's

house.

Then Jonathan

and David

made

a covenant,

because he loved

him as his own soul.

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.

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.

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 musick.

And the women

answered

one another as they played,

and said,

Saul

hath slain

his thousands,

and David

his ten thousands.

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?

And Saul

eyed

David

from that day

and forward.

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.

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.

And Saul

was afraid

of

David,

because the LORD

was with him, and was departed

from Saul.

Therefore Saul

removed

him from him, and made

him his captain

over a thousand;

and he went out

and came in

before

the people.

And David

behaved himself wisely

in all his ways;

and the LORD

was with him.

Wherefore when Saul

saw

that he behaved

himself 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,

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.

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?

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.

And Michal

Saul's

daughter

loved

David:

and they told

Saul,

and the thing

pleased

​

him.

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.

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.

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?

And the servants

of Saul

told

him, saying,

On this manner

spake

David.

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.

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.

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.

And Saul

saw

and knew

that the LORD

was with David,

and that Michal

Saul's

daughter

loved

him.

And Saul

was yet the more

afraid

of

David;

and Saul

became David's

enemy

continually.

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.