And it came to pass, when he had made an end{H3615} of speaking{H1696} unto Saul,{H7586} that the soul{H5315} of Jonathan{H3083} was knit{H7194} with the soul{H5315} of David,{H1732} and Jonathan{H3083} loved{H157} him as his own soul.{H5315}

And Saul{H7586} took{H3947} him that day,{H3117} and would let{H5414} him go no more home{H7725} to his father's{H1} house.{H1004}

Then Jonathan{H3083} and David{H1732} made{H3772} a covenant,{H1285} because he loved{H160} him as his own soul.{H5315}

And Jonathan{H3083} stripped{H6584} himself of the robe{H4598} that was upon him, and gave{H5414} it to David,{H1732} and his apparel,{H4055} even to his sword,{H2719} and to his bow,{H7198} and to his girdle.{H2289}

And David{H1732} went out{H3318} whithersoever Saul{H7586} sent{H7971} him, [and] behaved himself wisely:{H7919} and Saul{H7586} set{H7760} him over the men{H582} of war,{H4421} and it was good{H3190} in the sight{H5869} of all the people,{H5971} and also in the sight{H5869} of Saul's{H7586} servants.{H5650}

And it came to pass as they came,{H935} when David{H1732} returned{H7725} from the slaughter{H5221} of the Philistine,{H6430} that the women{H802} came out{H3318} of all the cities{H5892} of Israel,{H3478} singing{H7891} and dancing,{H4246} to meet{H7125} king{H4428} Saul,{H7586} with timbrels,{H8596} with joy,{H8057} and with instruments of music.{H7991}

And the women{H802} sang{H6030} one to another as they played,{H7832} and said,{H559} Saul{H7586} hath slain{H5221} his thousands,{H505} And David{H1732} his ten thousands.{H505}

And Saul{H7586} was very{H3966} wroth,{H2734} and this saying{H1697} displeased{H3415} him; and he said,{H559} They have ascribed{H5414} unto David{H1732} ten thousands,{H7233} and to me they have ascribed{H5414} but thousands:{H505} and what can he have more but the kingdom?{H4410}

And Saul{H7586} eyed{H5770} David{H1732} from that day{H3117} and forward.{H1973}

And it came to pass on the morrow,{H4283} that an evil{H7451} spirit{H7307} from God{H430} came{H6743} mightily upon Saul,{H7586} and he prophesied{H5012} in the midst{H8432} of the house:{H1004} and David{H1732} played{H5059} with his hand,{H3027} as he did day by day.{H3117} And Saul{H7586} had his spear{H2595} in his hand;{H3027}

and Saul{H7586} cast{H2904} the spear;{H2595} for he said,{H559} I will smite{H5221} David{H1732} even to the wall.{H7023} And David{H1732} avoided out{H5437} of his presence{H6440} twice.{H6471}

And Saul{H7586} was afraid{H3372} of{H6440} David,{H1732} because Jehovah{H3068} was with him, and was departed{H5493} from Saul.{H7586}

Therefore Saul{H7586} removed{H5493} him from him, and made{H7760} him his captain{H8269} over a thousand;{H505} and he went out{H3318} and came in{H935} before{H6440} the people.{H5971}

And David{H1732} behaved himself wisely{H7919} in all his ways;{H1870} and Jehovah{H3068} was with him.

And when Saul{H7586} saw{H7200} that he behaved{H7919} himself very{H3966} wisely,{H7919} he stood in awe{H1481} of{H6440} him.

But all Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063} loved{H157} David;{H1732} for he went out{H3318} and came in{H935} before{H6440} them.

And Saul{H7586} said{H559} to David,{H1732} Behold, my elder{H1419} daughter{H1323} Merab,{H4764} her will I give{H5414} thee to wife:{H802} only be thou valiant{H1121} for me, and fight{H3898} Jehovah's{H3068} battles.{H4421} For Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Let not my hand{H3027} be upon him, but let the hand{H3027} of the Philistines{H6430} be upon him.

And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Saul,{H7586} Who am I, and what is my life,{H2416} [or] my father's{H1} family{H4940} in Israel,{H3478} that I should be son-in-law{H2860} to the king?{H4428}

But it came to pass at the time{H6256} when Merab,{H4764} Saul's{H7586} daughter,{H1323} should have been given{H5414} to David,{H1732} that she was given{H5414} unto Adriel{H5741} the Meholathite{H4259} to wife.{H802}

And Michal,{H4324} Saul's{H7586} daughter,{H1323} loved{H157} David:{H1732} and they told{H5046} Saul,{H7586} and the thing{H1697} pleased{H3474} him.

And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} I will give{H5414} him her, that she may be a snare{H4170} to him, and that the hand{H3027} of the Philistines{H6430} may be against him. Wherefore Saul{H7586} said{H559} to David,{H1732} Thou shalt this day{H3117} be my son-in-law{H2859} a second{H8147} time.

And Saul{H7586} commanded{H6680} his servants,{H5650} [saying], Commune{H1696} with David{H1732} secretly,{H3909} and say,{H559} Behold, the king{H4428} hath delight{H2654} in thee, and all his servants{H5650} love{H157} thee: now therefore be the king's{H4428} son-in-law.{H2859}

And Saul's{H7586} servants{H5650} spake{H1696} those words{H1697} in the ears{H241} of David.{H1732} And David{H1732} said,{H559} Seemeth{H5869} it to you a light{H7043} thing to be the king's{H4428} son-in-law,{H2859} seeing that I am a poor{H7326} man,{H376} and lightly esteemed?{H7034}

And the servants{H5650} of Saul{H7586} told{H5046} him, saying,{H559} On this manner{H1697} spake{H1696} David.{H1732}

And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Thus shall ye say{H559} to David,{H1732} The king{H4428} desireth{H2656} not any dowry,{H4119} but a hundred{H3967} foreskins{H6190} of the Philistines,{H6430} to be avenged{H5358} of the king's{H4428} enemies.{H341} Now Saul{H7586} thought{H2803} to make David{H1732} fall{H5307} by the hand{H3027} of the Philistines.{H6430}

And when his servants{H5650} told{H5046} David{H1732} these words,{H1697} it pleased{H1697} David{H1732} well to be the king's{H4428} son-in-law.{H2859} And the days{H3117} were not expired;{H4390}

and David{H1732} arose{H6965} and went,{H3212} he and his men,{H582} and slew{H5221} of the Philistines{H6430} two hundred{H3967} men;{H376} and David{H1732} brought{H935} their foreskins,{H6190} and they gave them in full number{H4390} to the king,{H4428} that he might be the king's{H4428} son-in-law.{H2859} And Saul{H7586} gave{H5414} him Michal{H4324} his daughter{H1323} to wife.{H802}

And Saul{H7586} saw{H7200} and knew{H3045} that Jehovah{H3068} was with David;{H1732} and Michal,{H4324} Saul's{H7586} daughter,{H1323} loved{H157} him.

And Saul{H7586} was yet the more{H3254} afraid{H3372} of{H6440} David;{H1732} and Saul{H7586} was David's{H1732} enemy{H341} continually.{H3117}

Then the princes{H8269} of the Philistines{H6430} went forth:{H3318} and it came to pass, as often{H1767} as they went forth,{H3318} that David{H1732} behaved himself more wisely{H7919} than all the servants{H5650} of Saul;{H7586} so that his name{H8034} was much{H3966} [ set by.]{H3365}