1 Samuel 18 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Jonathan and David

1Sa 18:1It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Sha'ul, that the soul of Yonatan was knit with the soul of David, and Yonatan loved him as his own soul.

1Sa 18:2

1Sa 18:2Sha'ul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

1Sa 18:3

1Sa 18:3Then Yonatan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

1Sa 18:4

1Sa 18:4Yonatan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his sash.

1Sa 18:5

1Sa 18:5David went out wherever Sha'ul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Sha'ul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sha'ul's servants.

1Sa 18:6

1Sa 18:6It happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Pelishti, that the women came out of all the cities of Yisra'el, singing and dancing, to meet king Sha'ul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music.

1Sa 18:7

1Sa 18:7The women sang one to another as they played, and said, Sha'ul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands.

1Sa 18:8

1Sa 18:8Sha'ul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

1Sa 18:9

1Sa 18:9Sha'ul eyed David from that day and forward.

Saul Turns against David

1Sa 18:10

1Sa 18:10It happened on the next day, that an evil spirit from God came mightily on Sha'ul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Sha'ul had his spear in his hand;

1Sa 18:11

1Sa 18:11and Sha'ul cast the spear; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall. David avoided out of his presence twice.

1Sa 18:12

1Sa 18:12Sha'ul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Sha'ul.

1Sa 18:13

1Sa 18:13Therefore Sha'ul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

1Sa 18:14

1Sa 18:14David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

1Sa 18:15

1Sa 18:15When Sha'ul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.

1Sa 18:16

1Sa 18:16But all Yisra'el and Yehudah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.

1Sa 18:17

1Sa 18:17Sha'ul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merav, her will I give you as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Sha'ul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Pelishtim be on him.

1Sa 18:18

1Sa 18:18David said to Sha'ul, Who am I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Yisra'el, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

1Sa 18:19

1Sa 18:19But it happened at the time when Merav, Sha'ul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to `Adri'el the Mecholati as wife.

David Marries Saul's Daughter

1Sa 18:20

1Sa 18:20Mikhal, Sha'ul's daughter, loved David: and they told Sha'ul, and the thing pleased him.

1Sa 18:21

1Sa 18:21Sha'ul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Pelishtim may be against him. Therefore Sha'ul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.

1Sa 18:22

1Sa 18:22Sha'ul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

1Sa 18:23

1Sa 18:23Sha'ul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

1Sa 18:24

1Sa 18:24The servants of Sha'ul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.

1Sa 18:25

1Sa 18:25Sha'ul said, Thus shall you tell David, The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Pelishtim, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Sha'ul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Pelishtim.

1Sa 18:26

1Sa 18:26When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;

1Sa 18:27

1Sa 18:27and David arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the Pelishtim two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. Sha'ul gave him Mikhal his daughter as wife.

1Sa 18:28

1Sa 18:28Sha'ul saw and knew that the LORD was with David; and Mikhal, Sha'ul's daughter, loved him.

1Sa 18:29

1Sa 18:29Sha'ul was yet the more afraid of David; and Sha'ul was David's enemy continually.

1Sa 18:30

1Sa 18:30Then the princes of the Pelishtim went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Sha'ul; so that his name was much set by.

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