Dual Panel1And it came to pass, when he had made an end <03615> (8763) of speaking <01696> (8763) unto Saul <07586>_, that the soul <05315> of Jonathan <03083> was knit <07194> (8738) with the soul <05315> of David <01732>_, and Jonathan <03083> loved <0157> (8799) him as his own soul <05315>_.
2And Saul <07586> took <03947> (8799) him that day <03117>_, and would let <05414> (8804) him go no more home <07725> (8800) to his father's <01> house <01004>_.
3Then Jonathan <03083> and David <01732> made <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285>_, because he loved <0160> him as his own soul <05315>_.
4And Jonathan <03083> stripped <06584> (8691) himself of the robe <04598> that [was] upon him, and gave <05414> (8799) it to David <01732>_, and his garments <04055>_, even to his sword <02719>_, and to his bow <07198>_, and to his girdle <02289>_.
5And David <01732> went out <03318> (8799) whithersoever Saul <07586> sent <07971> (8799) him, [and] behaved himself wisely <07919> (8686)_: and Saul <07586> set <07760> (8799) him over the men <0582> of war <04421>_, and he was accepted <03190> (8799) in the sight <05869> of all the people <05971>_, and also in the sight <05869> of Saul's <07586> servants <05650>_. {behaved...: or, prospered}
6And it came to pass as they came <0935> (8800)_, when David <01732> was returned <07725> (8800) from the slaughter <05221> (8687) of the Philistine <06430>_, that the women <0802> came out <03318> (8799) of all cities <05892> of Israel <03478>_, singing <07891> (8800) and dancing <04246>_, to meet <07125> (8800) king <04428> Saul <07586>_, with tabrets <08596>_, with joy <08057>_, and with instruments <07991> of musick. {Philistine: or, Philistines} {instruments...: Heb. three stringed instruments}
7And the women <0802> answered <06030> (8799) [one another] as they played <07832> (8764)_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Saul <07586> hath slain <05221> (8689) his thousands <0505>_, and David <01732> his ten thousands <07233>_.
8And Saul <07586> was very <03966> wroth <02734> (8799)_, and the saying <01697> displeased <03415> (8799) <05869> him; and he said <0559> (8799)_, They have ascribed <05414> (8804) unto David <01732> ten thousands <07233>_, and to me they have ascribed <05414> (8804) [but] thousands <0505>_: and [what] can he have more but the kingdom <04410>_? {displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes}
9And Saul <07586> eyed <05770> (8802) David <01732> from that day <03117> and forward <01973>_.
10And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>_, that the evil <07451> spirit <07307> from God <0430> came <06743> (8799) upon Saul <07586>_, and he prophesied <05012> (8691) in the midst <08432> of the house <01004>_: and David <01732> played <05059> (8764) with his hand <03027>_, as at other times <03117>_: and [there was] a javelin <02595> in Saul's <07586> hand <03027>_.
11And Saul <07586> cast <02904> (8686) the javelin <02595>_; for he said <0559> (8799)_, I will smite <05221> (8686) David <01732> even to the wall <07023> [with it]. And David <01732> avoided out <05437> (8735) of his presence <06440> twice <06471>_.
12And Saul <07586> was afraid <03372> (8799) of <06440> David <01732>_, because the LORD <03068> was with him, and was departed <05493> (8804) from Saul <07586>_.
13Therefore Saul <07586> removed <05493> (8686) him from him, and made <07760> (8799) him his captain <08269> over a thousand <0505>_; and he went out <03318> (8799) and came in <0935> (8799) before <06440> the people <05971>_.
14And David <01732> behaved himself wisely <07919> (8688) in all his ways <01870>_; and the LORD <03068> [was] with him. {behaved...: or, prospered}
15Wherefore when Saul <07586> saw <07200> (8799) that he behaved <07919> (0) himself very <03966> wisely <07919> (8688)_, he was afraid <01481> (8799) of <06440> him.
16But all Israel <03478> and Judah <03063> loved <0157> (8802) David <01732>_, because he went out <03318> (8802) and came in <0935> (8802) before <06440> them.
17And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>_, Behold my elder <01419> daughter <01323> Merab <04764>_, her will I give <05414> (8799) thee to wife <0802>_: only be thou valiant <01121> <02428> for me, and fight <03898> (8734) the LORD'S <03068> battles <04421>_. For Saul <07586> said <0559> (8804)_, Let not mine hand <03027> be upon him, but let the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430> be upon him. {valiant: Heb. a son of valour}
18And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul <07586>_, Who [am] I? and what [is] my life <02416>_, [or] my father's <01> family <04940> in Israel <03478>_, that I should be son in law <02860> to the king <04428>_?
19But it came to pass at the time <06256> when Merab <04764> Saul's <07586> daughter <01323> should have been given <05414> (8800) to David <01732>_, that she was given <05414> (8738) unto Adriel <05741> the Meholathite <04259> to wife <0802>_.
20And Michal <04324> Saul's <07586> daughter <01323> loved <0157> (8799) David <01732>_: and they told <05046> (8686) Saul <07586>_, and the thing <01697> pleased <03474> (8799) <05869> him. {pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes}
21And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799)_, I will give <05414> (8799) him her, that she may be a snare <04170> to him, and that the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430> may be against him. Wherefore Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>_, Thou shalt this day <03117> be my son in law <02859> (8691) in [the one of] the twain <08147>_.
22And Saul <07586> commanded <06680> (8762) his servants <05650>_, [saying], Commune <01696> (8761) with David <01732> secretly <03909>_, and say <0559> (8800)_, Behold, the king <04428> hath delight <02654> (8804) in thee, and all his servants <05650> love <0157> (8804) thee: now therefore be the king's <04428> son in law <02859> (8690)_.
23And Saul's <07586> servants <05650> spake <01696> (8762) those words <01697> in the ears <0241> of David <01732>_. And David <01732> said <0559> (8799)_, Seemeth <05869> it to you [a] light <07043> (8738) [thing] to be a king's <04428> son in law <02859> (8692)_, seeing that I [am] a poor <07326> (8802) man <0376>_, and lightly esteemed <07034> (8737)_?
24And the servants <05650> of Saul <07586> told <05046> (8686) him, saying <0559> (8800)_, On this manner <01697> spake <01696> (8765) David <01732>_. {On...: Heb. According to these words}
25And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799)_, Thus shall ye say <0559> (8799) to David <01732>_, The king <04428> desireth <02656> not any dowry <04119>_, but an hundred <03967> foreskins <06190> of the Philistines <06430>_, to be avenged <05358> (8736) of the king's <04428> enemies <0341> (8802)_. But Saul <07586> thought <02803> (8804) to make David <01732> fall <05307> (8687) by the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>_.
26And when his servants <05650> told <05046> (8686) David <01732> these words <01697>_, it pleased <03474> (8799) <01697> <05869> David <01732> well to be the king's <04428> son in law <02859> (8692)_: and the days <03117> were not expired <04390> (8804)_. {expired: Heb. fulfilled}
27Wherefore David <01732> arose <06965> (8799) and went <03212> (8799)_, he and his men <0582>_, and slew <05221> (8686) of the Philistines <06430> two hundred <03967> men <0376>_; and David <01732> brought <0935> (8686) their foreskins <06190>_, and they gave them in full tale <04390> (8762) to the king <04428>_, that he might be the king's <04428> son in law <02859> (8692)_. And Saul <07586> gave <05414> (8799) him Michal <04324> his daughter <01323> to wife <0802>_.
28And Saul <07586> saw <07200> (8799) and knew <03045> (8799) that the LORD <03068> [was] with David <01732>_, and [that] Michal <04324> Saul's <07586> daughter <01323> loved <0157> (8804) him.
29And Saul <07586> was yet the more <03254> (8686) afraid <03372> (8800) of <06440> David <01732>_; and Saul <07586> became David's <01732> enemy <0341> (8802) continually <03117>_.
30Then the princes <08269> of the Philistines <06430> went forth <03318> (8799)_: and it came to pass, after <01767> they went forth <03318> (8800)_, [that] David <01732> behaved himself more wisely <07919> (8804) than all the servants <05650> of Saul <07586>_; so that his name <08034> was much <03966> set by <03365> (8799)_. {set by: Heb. precious}