18:1 As
soon
as
he
had
finished
speaking
to
Saul,
the
soul
of
Jonathan
was
knit
to
the
soul
of
David,
and
Jonathan
loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
18:2 And
Saul
took
him
that
day
and
would
not
let
him
return
to
his
father's
house.
18:3 Then
Jonathan
made
a
covenant
with
David,
because
he
loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
18:4 And
Jonathan
stripped
himself
of
the
robe
that
was
on
him
and
gave
it
to
David,
and
his
armor,
and
even
his
sword
and
his
bow
and
his
belt.
18:5 And
David
went
out
and
was
successful
wherever
Saul
sent
him,
so
that
Saul
set
him
over
the
men
of
war.
And
this
was
good
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people
and
also
in
the
sight
of
Saul's
servants.
18:6 As
they
were
coming
home,
when
David
returned
from
striking
down
the
Philistine,
the
women
came
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Israel,
singing
and
dancing,
to
meet
King
Saul,
with
tambourines,
with
songs
of
joy,
and
with
musical
instruments.
18:7 And
the
women
sang
to
one
another
as
they
celebrated,
"Saul
has
struck
down
his
thousands,
and
David
his
ten
thousands."
18:8 And
Saul
was
very
angry,
and
this
saying
displeased
him.
He
said,
"They
have
ascribed
to
David
ten
thousands,
and
to
me
they
have
ascribed
thousands,
and
what
more
can
he
have
but
the
kingdom"
18:9 And
Saul
eyed
David
from
that
day
on.
18:10 The
next
day
a
harmful
spirit
from
God
rushed
upon
Saul,
and
he
raved
within
his
house
while
David
was
playing
the
lyre,
as
he
did
day
by
day.
Saul
had
his
spear
in
his
hand.
18:11 And
Saul
hurled
the
spear,
for
he
thought,
"I
will
pin
David
to
the
wall."
But
David
evaded
him
twice.
18:12 Saul
was
afraid
of
David
because
the
LORD
was
with
him
but
had
departed
from
Saul.
18:13 So
Saul
removed
him
from
his
presence
and
made
him
a
commander
of
a
thousand.
And
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
the
people.
18:14 And
David
had
success
in
all
his
undertakings,
for
the
LORD
was
with
him.
18:15 And
when
Saul
saw
that
he
had
great
success,
he
stood
in
fearful
awe
of
him.
18:16 But
all
Israel
and
Judah
loved
David,
for
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
them.
18:17 Then
Saul
said
to
David,
"Here
is
my
elder
daughter
Merab.
I
will
give
her
to
you
for
a
wife.
Only
be
valiant
for
me
and
fight
the
LORD's
battles."
For
Saul
thought,
"Let
not
my
hand
be
against
him,
but
let
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
be
against
him."
18:18 And
David
said
to
Saul,
"Who
am
I,
and
who
are
my
relatives,
my
father's
clan
in
Israel,
that
I
should
be
son-in-law
to
the
king"
18:19 But
at
the
time
when
Merab,
Saul's
daughter,
should
have
been
given
to
David,
she
was
given
to
Adriel
the
Meholathite
for
a
wife.
18:20 Now
Saul's
daughter
Michal
loved
David.
And
they
told
Saul,
and
the
thing
pleased
him.
18:21 Saul
thought,
"Let
me
give
her
to
him,
that
she
may
be
a
snare
for
him
and
that
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
may
be
against
him."
Therefore
Saul
said
to
David
a
second
time,
"You
shall
now
be
my
son-in-law."
18:22 And
Saul
commanded
his
servants,
"Speak
to
David
in
private
and
say,
'Behold,
the
king
has
delight
in
you,
and
all
his
servants
love
you.
Now
then
become
the
king's
son-in-law.'"
18:23 And
Saul's
servants
spoke
those
words
in
the
ears
of
David.
And
David
said,
"Does
it
seem
to
you
a
little
thing
to
become
the
king's
son-in-law,
since
I
am
a
poor
man
and
have
no
reputation"
18:24 And
the
servants
of
Saul
told
him,
"Thus
and
so
did
David
speak."
18:25 Then
Saul
said,
"Thus
shall
you
say
to
David,
'The
king
desires
no
bride-price
except
a
hundred
foreskins
of
the
Philistines,
that
he
may
be
avenged
of
the
king's
enemies.'"
Now
Saul
thought
to
make
David
fall
by
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
18:26 And
when
his
servants
told
David
these
words,
it
pleased
David
well
to
be
the
king's
son-in-law.
Before
the
time
had
expired,
18:27 David
arose
and
went,
along
with
his
men,
and
killed
two
hundred
of
the
Philistines.
And
David
brought
their
foreskins,
which
were
given
in
full
number
to
the
king,
that
he
might
become
the
king's
son-in-law.
And
Saul
gave
him
his
daughter
Michal
for
a
wife.
18:28 But
when
Saul
saw
and
knew
that
the
LORD
was
with
David,
and
that
Michal,
Saul's
daughter,
loved
him,
18:29 Saul
was
even
more
afraid
of
David.
So
Saul
was
David's
enemy
continually.
18:30 Then
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
came
out
to
battle,
and
as
often
as
they
came
out
David
had
more
success
than
all
the
servants
of
Saul,
so
that
his
name
was
highly
esteemed.