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1 Samuel 18 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - And there came out women in dances to meet David out of all the cities of Israel, with timbrels, and with rejoicing, and with cymbals.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7 - And the women began the strain, and said, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8 - And it seemed evil in the eyes of Saul concerning this matter, and he said, To David they have given ten thousands, and to me they have given thousands.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:12 - And Saul was alarmed on account of David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:14 - And David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:15 - And Saul saw that he was very wise, and he was afraid of him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16 - And all Israel and Juda loved David, because he came in and went out before the people.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 - And Melchol the daughter of Saul loved David; and it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling-block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak ye privately to David, saying, Behold, the king delights in thee, and all his servants love thee, and do thou become the king's son-in-law.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? whereas I am an humble man, and not honourable?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:24 - And the servants of Saul reported to him according to these words, which David spoke.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - And Saul said, Thus shall ye speak to David, The king wants no gift but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to cast him into the hands of the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - And the servants of Saul report these words to David, and David was well pleased to become the son-in-law to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:27 - And David arose, and went, he and his men, and smote among the Philistines a hundred men: and he brought their foreskins, and he becomes the king's son-in-law, and Saul gives him Melchol his daughter to wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:28 - And Saul saw that the Lord was with David, and that all Israel loved him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:29 - And he was yet more afraid of David.
BES Footnotes
From this point to the end of v 11. is read from Alex.
vv 17-19 are not in the Vatican codex. They are here read from Alex.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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