And it came to pass, when he had made an end{H3615}{(H8763)} of speaking{H1696}{(H8763)} unto Saul{H7586}, that the soul{H5315} of Jonathan{H3083} was knit{H7194}{(H8738)} with the soul{H5315} of David{H1732}, and Jonathan{H3083} loved{H157}{(H8799)} him as his own soul{H5315}.

And Saul{H7586} took{H3947}{(H8799)} him that day{H3117}, and would let{H5414}{(H8804)} him go no more home{H7725}{(H8800)} to his father's{H1} house{H1004}.

Then Jonathan{H3083} and David{H1732} made{H3772}{(H8799)} a covenant{H1285}, because he loved{H160} him as his own soul{H5315}.

And Jonathan{H3083} stripped{H6584}{(H8691)} himself of the robe{H4598} that was upon him, and gave{H5414}{(H8799)} it to David{H1732}, and his garments{H4055}, even to his sword{H2719}, and to his bow{H7198}, and to his girdle{H2289}.

And David{H1732} went out{H3318}{(H8799)} whithersoever Saul{H7586} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} him, and behaved himself wisely{H7919}{(H8686)}: and Saul{H7586} set{H7760}{(H8799)} him over the men{H582} of war{H4421}, and he was accepted{H3190}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8800)}, when David{H1732} was returned{H7725}{(H8800)} from the slaughter{H5221}{(H8687)} of the Philistine{H6430}, that the women{H802} came out{H3318}{(H8799)} of all cities{H5892} of Israel{H3478}, singing{H7891}{(H8800)} and dancing{H4246}, to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} king{H4428} Saul{H7586}, with tabrets{H8596}, with joy{H8057}, and with instruments of musick{H7991}.

And the women{H802} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} one another as they played{H7832}{(H8764)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Saul{H7586} hath slain{H5221}{(H8689)} his thousands{H505}, and David{H1732} his ten thousands{H7233}.

And Saul{H7586} was very{H3966} wroth{H2734}{(H8799)}, and the saying{H1697} displeased{H3415}{(H8799)}{H5869} him; and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, They have ascribed{H5414}{(H8804)} unto David{H1732} ten thousands{H7233}, and to me they have ascribed{H5414}{(H8804)} but thousands{H505}: and what can he have more but the kingdom{H4410}?

And Saul{H7586} eyed{H5770}{(H8802)} David{H1732} from that day{H3117} and forward{H1973}.

And it came to pass on the morrow{H4283}, that the evil{H7451} spirit{H7307} from God{H430} came{H6743}{(H8799)} upon Saul{H7586}, and he prophesied{H5012}{(H8691)} in the midst{H8432} of the house{H1004}: and David{H1732} played{H5059}{(H8764)} with his hand{H3027}, as at other times{H3117}: and there was a javelin{H2595} in Saul's{H7586} hand{H3027}.

And Saul{H7586} cast{H2904}{(H8686)} the javelin{H2595}; for he said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will smite{H5221}{(H8686)} David{H1732} even to the wall{H7023} with it. And David{H1732} avoided out{H5437}{(H8735)} of his presence{H6440} twice{H6471}.

And Saul{H7586} was afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} of{H6440} David{H1732}, because the LORD{H3068} was with him, and was departed{H5493}{(H8804)} from Saul{H7586}.

Therefore Saul{H7586} removed{H5493}{(H8686)} him from him, and made{H7760}{(H8799)} him his captain{H8269} over a thousand{H505}; and he went out{H3318}{(H8799)} and came in{H935}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the people{H5971}.

And David{H1732} behaved himself wisely{H7919}{(H8688)} in all his ways{H1870}; and the LORD{H3068} was with him.

Wherefore when Saul{H7586} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that he behaved{H7919} himself very{H3966} wisely{H7919}{(H8688)}, he was afraid{H1481}{(H8799)} of{H6440} him.

But all Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063} loved{H157}{(H8802)} David{H1732}, because he went out{H3318}{(H8802)} and came in{H935}{(H8802)} before{H6440} them.

And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, Behold my elder{H1419} daughter{H1323} Merab{H4764}, her will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} thee to wife{H802}: only be thou valiant{H1121}{H2428} for me, and fight{H3898}{(H8734)} the LORD'S{H3068} battles{H4421}. For Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8804)}, Let not mine hand{H3027} be upon him, but let the hand{H3027} of the Philistines{H6430} be upon him.

And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8800)} to David{H1732}, that she was given{H5414}{(H8738)} unto Adriel{H5741} the Meholathite{H4259} to wife{H802}.

And Michal{H4324} Saul's{H7586} daughter{H1323} loved{H157}{(H8799)} David{H1732}: and they told{H5046}{(H8686)} Saul{H7586}, and the thing{H1697} pleased{H3474}{(H8799)}{H5869} him.

And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, Thou shalt this day{H3117} be my son in law{H2859}{(H8691)} in the one of the twain{H8147}.

And Saul{H7586} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} his servants{H5650}, saying, Commune{H1696}{(H8761)} with David{H1732} secretly{H3909}, and say{H559}{(H8800)}, Behold, the king{H4428} hath delight{H2654}{(H8804)} in thee, and all his servants{H5650} love{H157}{(H8804)} thee: now therefore be the king's{H4428} son in law{H2859}{(H8690)}.

And Saul's{H7586} servants{H5650} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} those words{H1697} in the ears{H241} of David{H1732}. And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Seemeth{H5869} it to you a light{H7043}{(H8738)} thing to be a king's{H4428} son in law{H2859}{(H8692)}, seeing that I am a poor{H7326}{(H8802)} man{H376}, and lightly esteemed{H7034}{(H8737)}?

And the servants{H5650} of Saul{H7586} told{H5046}{(H8686)} him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, On this manner{H1697} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} David{H1732}.

And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thus shall ye say{H559}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, The king{H4428} desireth{H2656} not any dowry{H4119}, but an hundred{H3967} foreskins{H6190} of the Philistines{H6430}, to be avenged{H5358}{(H8736)} of the king's{H4428} enemies{H341}{(H8802)}. But Saul{H7586} thought{H2803}{(H8804)} to make David{H1732} fall{H5307}{(H8687)} by the hand{H3027} of the Philistines{H6430}.

And when his servants{H5650} told{H5046}{(H8686)} David{H1732} these words{H1697}, it pleased{H3474}{(H8799)}{H1697}{H5869} David{H1732} well to be the king's{H4428} son in law{H2859}{(H8692)}: and the days{H3117} were not expired{H4390}{(H8804)}.

Wherefore David{H1732} arose{H6965}{(H8799)} and went{H3212}{(H8799)}, he and his men{H582}, and slew{H5221}{(H8686)} of the Philistines{H6430} two hundred{H3967} men{H376}; and David{H1732} brought{H935}{(H8686)} their foreskins{H6190}, and they gave them in full tale{H4390}{(H8762)} to the king{H4428}, that he might be the king's{H4428} son in law{H2859}{(H8692)}. And Saul{H7586} gave{H5414}{(H8799)} him Michal{H4324} his daughter{H1323} to wife{H802}.

And Saul{H7586} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} and knew{H3045}{(H8799)} that the LORD{H3068} was with David{H1732}, and that Michal{H4324} Saul's{H7586} daughter{H1323} loved{H157}{(H8804)} him.

And Saul{H7586} was yet the more{H3254}{(H8686)} afraid{H3372}{(H8800)} of{H6440} David{H1732}; and Saul{H7586} became David's{H1732} enemy{H341}{(H8802)} continually{H3117}.

Then the princes{H8269} of the Philistines{H6430} went forth{H3318}{(H8799)}: and it came to pass, after{H1767} they went forth{H3318}{(H8800)}, that David{H1732} behaved himself more wisely{H7919}{(H8804)} than all the servants{H5650} of Saul{H7586}; so that his name{H8034} was much{H3966} set by{H3365}{(H8799)}.