Context 3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. 4Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, including his sword and his bow and his belt. 5So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. And it was pleasing in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Sauls servants. 6It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments. 7The women sang as they played, and said, 8Then Saul became very angry, for this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom? 9Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on. Saul Turns against David 10Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house, while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Sauls hand. 11Saul hurled the spear for he thought, I will pin David to the wall. But David escaped from his presence twice. 12Now Saul was afraid of David, for the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul. 13Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14David was prospering in all his ways for the LORD was with him. 15When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, he dreaded him. 16But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he went out and came in before them. 17Then Saul said to David, Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the LORDS battles. For Saul thought, My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him. 18But David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life or my fathers family in Israel, that I should be the kings son-in-law? 19So it came about at the time when Merab, Sauls daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. David Marries Sauls Daughter 20Now Michal, Sauls daughter, loved David. When they told Saul, the thing was agreeable to him. 21Saul thought, I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, For a second time you may be my son-in-law today. 22Then Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David secretly, saying, Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become the kings son-in-law. 23So Sauls servants spoke these words to David. But David said, Is it trivial in your sight to become the kings son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed? 24The servants of Saul reported to him according to these words which David spoke. 25Saul then said, Thus you shall say to David, The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the kings enemies. Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to become the kings son-in-law. Before the days had expired 27David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the kings son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife. 28When Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Sauls daughter, loved him, 29then Saul was even more afraid of David. Thus Saul was Davids enemy continually. 30Then the commanders of the Philistines went out to battle, and it happened as often as they went out, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul. So his name was highly esteemed. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionThen Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. Douay-Rheims Bible And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul. Darby Bible Translation And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. English Revised Version Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. Webster's Bible Translation Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. World English Bible Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. Young's Literal Translation And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul, Library A Soul's Tragedy'And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war; and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 6. And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. 7. And the women answered one another as they played, … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture War! War! War! And V the Kingdom Undivided and the Kingdom Divided The Exile. Salvation Published from the Mountains How the Poor and the Rich Should be Admonished. The Publication of the Gospel Ramah. Ramathaim Zophim. Gibeah. 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