David and Jonathan
| 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 music. |
| 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 spoke 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 spoke David. |
| 25 | And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a 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. |
| 1 | And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. |
| 2 | But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: |
| 3 | And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. |
| 4 | And Jonathan spoke good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: |
| 5 | For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? |
| 6 | And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. |
| 7 | And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. |
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