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1 Samuel

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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. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, be­cause he loved him as his own soul. 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. 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. 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 mu­sick. 7 And the wom­en an­swered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thou­sands, and David his ten thou­sands. 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? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and for­ward. 10 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. 11 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. 13 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. 15 Where­fore when Saul saw that he be­haved him­self very wise­ly, he was afraid of him. 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. 21 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. 22 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. 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. 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. 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. 28 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. 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.