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chapter 18
1
And it
came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, 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 not let him
return to his father's house.
3 And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved
him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the coat with which
he was clothed, and gave it to David, and the rest of his garments, even to his
sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5 And David went out to whatsoever business Saul sent
him, and he behaved himself prudently: and Saul set him over the soldiers, and
he was acceptable in the eyes of all the people, and especially in the eyes of
Saul's servants.
6 Now when David returned, after be slew the
Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and
dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels of joy, and cornets.
7 And the women sung as they played, and they said: I
Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
8 And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was
displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and
to me they have given but a thousand; what can he have more but the kingdom?
9 And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from
that day and forward.
10 And the day after the evil spirit from God came upon
Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his
hand as at other times. And Saul held a spear in his hand,
11 And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall:
and David stept aside out of his presence twice.
12 And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with
him, and was departed from himself.
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him a
captain over a thousand men, and he went out and came in before the people.
14 And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the
Lord was with him.
15 And Saul saw that he was exceeding prudent, and
began to beware of him.
16 But all Israel and Juda loved David, for he came in
and went out before them.
17 And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter
Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a valiant man, and fight the
battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him,
but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.
18 And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my
life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?
19 And it came to pass at the time when Merob the
daughter of Saul should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel
the Molathite to wife.
20 But Michol the other daughter of Saul loved David.
And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.
21 And Saul said: I will give her to him, that she may
be a stumblingblock to him, and that the band of the Philistines may be upon
him. And Saul said to David: In two things thou shalt be my son in law this
day.
22 And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David
privately, saying: Behold thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love
thee. Now therefore be the king's son in law.
23 And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in
the ears of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the
king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.
24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such
words as these hath David spoken.
25 And Saul said: Speak thus to David: The king
desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be
avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to deliver David into the hands
of the Philistines.
26 And when his servants had told David the words that
Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king's son
in law.
27 And after a few days David rose up, and went with
the men that were under him, and he slew of the Philistines two hundred men,
and brought their foreskins and numbered them out to the king, that he might be
his son in law. Saul therefore gave him Michol his daughter to wife.
28 And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with
David. And Michol the daughter of Saul loved him.
29 And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became
David's enemy continually.
30 And the princes of the Philistines went forth: and
from the beginning of their going forth, David behaved himself more wisely than
all the servants of Saul, and his name became very famous.
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