Dual Panel1When <01961> David had finished <03615> talking <01696> with <0413> Saul <07586>, Jonathan <03083> and David became bound together <07194> in close friendship. Jonathan <03083> loved <0157> David <01732> as much as he did his own life <05315>.
2Saul <07586> retained <03947> David on that <01931> day <03117> and did not <03808> allow <05414> him to return <07725> to his father’s <01> house <01004>.
3Jonathan <03083> made <03772> a covenant <01285> with David <01732>, for he loved <0160> him as much as he did his own life <05315>.
4Jonathan <03083> took off <06584> the robe <04598> he was wearing <05921> and gave <05414> it to David <01732>, along with the rest of his gear <04055>, including <05704> his sword <02719>, his bow <07198>, and even <05704> his belt <02290>.
5On every <03605> mission <03318> on which <0834> Saul <07586> sent <07971> him, David <01732> achieved success <07919>. So Saul <07586> appointed <07760> him over <05921> the men <0582> of war <04421>. This pleased <05869> <03190> not only all <03605> the army <05971>, but also <01571> Saul’s <07586> servants <05650>.
6When <01961> the men arrived <0935> after David <01732> returned <07725> from striking down <05221> the Philistine <06430>, the women <0802> from all <03605> the cities <05892> of Israel <03478> came out <03318> singing <07891> and dancing <04246> to meet <07122> King <04428> Saul <07586>. They were happy <08057> as they played their tambourines <08596> and three-stringed instruments <07991>.
7The women <0802> who were playing <07832> the music sang <06030>, “Saul <07586> has struck down <05221> his thousands <0505>, but David <01732> his tens of thousands <07233>!”
8This made <02734> Saul <07586> very <03966> angry <02734>. The statement <01697> displeased <07489> him and he thought <0559>, “They have attributed <05414> to David <01732> tens of thousands <07233>, but to me they have attributed <05414> only thousands <0505>. What does he lack <05750>, except <0389> the kingdom <04410>?”
9So Saul <07586> was <01961> keeping an eye on <05771> David <01732> from that <01931> day <03117> onward <01973>.
10The next day <04283> an evil <07451> spirit <07307> from God <0430> rushed <06743> upon <0413> Saul <07586> and he prophesied <05012> within <08432> his house <01004>. Now David <01732> was playing <05059> the lyre <03027> that day <03117>. There was a spear <02595> in Saul’s <07586> hand <03027>,
11and Saul <07586> threw <02904> the spear <02595>, thinking <0559>, “I’ll nail <05221> David <01732> to the wall <07023>!” But David <01732> escaped <05437> from <06440> him on two different occasions <06471>.
12So Saul <07586> feared <03372> David <01732>, because <03588> the Lord <03068> was <01961> with <05973> him but had departed <05493> from <05973> Saul <07586>.
13Saul <07586> removed <05493> David from <05973> his presence and made <07760> him a commanding officer <0505> <08269>. David led <0935> the army <05971> out <03318> to battle and back.
14Now <01961> David <01732> achieved success <07919> in all <03605> he did <01870>, for the Lord <03068> was with <05973> him.
15When Saul <07586> saw <07200> how <0834> very <03966> successful <07919> he <01931> was, he was afraid <01481> of <06440> him.
16But all <03605> Israel <03478> and Judah <03063> loved <0157> David <01732>, for <03588> he <01931> was the one leading <03318> them out <03318> to battle and back <0935>.
17Then Saul <07586> said <0559> to <0413> David <01732>, “Here’s <02009> my oldest <01419> daughter <01323>, Merab <04764>. I want to give <05414> her to you in marriage. Only <0389> be <01961> a brave <02428> warrior <01121> for me and fight <03898> the battles <04421> of the Lord <03068>.” For Saul <07586> thought <0559>, “There’s no <0408> need for me to raise <01961> my hand <03027> against him. Let it be <01961> the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>!”
18David <01732> said <0559> to <0413> Saul <07586>, “Who <04310> am I <0595>? Who <04310> are my relatives <02416> or the clan <04940> of my father <01> in Israel <03478> that <03588> I should become <01961> the king’s <04428> son-in-law <02860>?”
19When the time <06256> came <01961> for Merab <04764>, Saul’s <07586> daughter <01323>, to be given <05414> to David <01732>, she <01931> instead was given <05414> in marriage <0802> to Adriel <05741>, who was from Meholah <04259>.
20Now Michal <04324>, Saul’s <07586> daughter <01323>, loved <0157> David <01732>. When they told <05046> Saul <07586> about this, it <01697> pleased <05869> <03474> him.
21Saul <07586> said <0559>, “I will give <05414> her to him so that she may become <01961> a snare <04170> to him and the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430> may be against him.” So Saul <07586> said <0559> to <0413> David <01732>, “Today <03117> is the second time <08147> for you to become <02859> my son-in-law <02859>.”
22Then Saul <07586> instructed <06680> his servants <05650>, “Tell <01696> David <01732> secretly <03909>, ‘The king <04428> is pleased <02654> with you, and all <03605> his servants <05650> like <0157> you. So now <06258> become <02859> the king’s <04428> son-in-law <02859>.”
23So Saul’s <07586> servants <05650> spoke <01696> these <0428> words <01697> privately <0241> to David <01732>. David <01732> replied <0559>, “Is becoming the king’s <04428> son-in-law <02859> something insignificant <07043> to you? I’m <0595> just a poor <07326> and lightly-esteemed <07034> man <0376>!”
24When Saul’s <07586> servants <05650> reported <05046> what David <01732> had said <01696>,
25Saul <07586> replied <0559>, “Here is what <03541> you should say <0559> to David <01732>: ‘There is nothing <0369> that the king <04428> wants <02656> as a price <04119> for <03588> the bride <04119> except a hundred <03967> Philistine <06430> foreskins <06190>, so that he can be avenged <05358> of his enemies <0341>.’” (Now Saul <07586> was thinking <02803> that he could kill <05307> David <01732> by the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>.)
26So his servants <05650> told <05046> David <01732> these <0428> things <01697> and David <01732> agreed <05869> <01697> <03474> to become the king’s <04428> son-in-law <02859>. Now the specified time <03117> had not <03808> yet expired <04390>
27when David <01732>, along <06965> with his men <0376>, went out <01980> and struck down <05221> two hundred <03967> Philistine <06430> men <0376>. David <01732> brought <0935> their foreskins <06190> and presented all of them to the king <04428> so he could become the king’s <04428> son-in-law <02859>. Saul <07586> then gave <05414> him his daughter <01323> Michal <04324> in marriage <0802>.
28When Saul <07586> realized <03045> <07200> that <03588> the Lord <03068> was with <05973> David <01732> and that his <07586> daughter <01323> Michal <04324> loved <0157> David,
29Saul <07586> became even more <03254> afraid <03372> of <06440> him <01732>. Saul <07586> continued <01961> to be at odds <0341> with David <01732> from then on <03117> <03605>.
30Then the leaders <08269> of the Philistines <06430> would march out <03318>, and as often <01767> as they did <03318> so, David <01732> achieved <07919> more success <07919> than all <03605> of Saul’s <07586> servants <05650>. His name <08034> was held <03365> in high <03966> esteem <03365>.