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          DASV: 1 Samuel 18    

1 When he had finished talking with Saul, the soul of Jonathan
bonded with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him
as himself.
2 Saul conscripted him that day, and would not allow him to
any longer return to his father's house.
3 Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him
as himself.
4 So Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing, and gave it
to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, bow
and his belt.

5 Wherever Saul sent David, he went and was successful resulting
in Saul setting him over the men of war. This was good in the
sight of all the people, and even in the sight of Saul's
servants.
6 As they were returning home, after David had killed the
Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel,
singing and dancing, to meet king Saul with tambourines
and three stringed lutes and with joy.
7 Then the women sang to one another as they celebrated,
"Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands."
8 But Saul was furious because this saying irked him,
for he thought, "They have credited ten thousands to David,
but to me they have credited only thousands.
What more can he gain but the kingdom?"
9 So Saul kept his eye on David from that day forward.

10 The next day an evil spirit from God rushed on Saul,
and he wildly prophesied in his house. Now David was
playing the lyre, as he usually did each day. Saul had
his spear in his hand.
11 Saul hurled the spear, hoping, "I will pin David to
the wall." But David escaped from him twice.
12 So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with
him, but had departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul removed David from his presence, and made
him commander over a thousand. David led his troops out
to battle and back home.
14 David was successful in everything he did, and the LORD
was with him.
15 When Saul saw how successful he was, he was even more
afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was the
one who led them out to battle and back home.

17 Then Saul said to David, "Look, here is my oldest daughter
Merab, I give her to you in marriage only be a valiant
warrior for me, and fight the LORD's battles." For Saul
thought, "I won't have to lift a hand against him, I'll
just let Philistines take care of killing him."
18 David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my father's
clan in Israel, that I should become the king's son-in-law?"
19 When Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to
David, she was given in marriage to Adriel the Meholathite
instead.

20 But Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. They told Saul
about it, and it pleased him.
21 Saul schemed, "I will give her to him so that she may be
a snare to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may
be against him." Therefore Saul told David, "Now you have
a second opportunity to become my son-in-law."
22 Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David secretly,
and say, 'Look, the king delights in you, and all his
servants love you, so become the king's son-in-law.'"
23 Saul's servants spoke these words privately to David.
But David replied, "Is it trivial to you to become the
king's son-in-law, especially since I am a poor man,
and am not famous?"
24 When Saul's servants reported to him what David had said,
25 Saul replied, "Tell David, 'The king does not want
any price for the bride except a hundred foreskins of
the Philistines, to get revenge on the king's enemies.'"
Now Saul was plotting to have David killed by the hand
of the Philistines.
26 When his servants told David these words, David was
pleased to become the king's son-in-law. So before the
specified time had expired,
27 David and his men got up and went, and slew 200 Philistine
men and brought their foreskins, and they gave all of them
to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law.
So Saul gave David his daughter Michal in marriage.
28 But Saul saw and realized that the LORD was with
David and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David.
29 This made Saul even more afraid of David. So Saul
was David's enemy from then on.
30 Then every time the Philistine commanders went out to
battle, David was more successful than all the servants
of Saul, so he gained quite a reputation.

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