1And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Sha’ul [desired], that the soul of Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] was knit with the soul of David [beloved], and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] loved him as his own soul. 2And Sha’ul [desired] took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3Then Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] and David [beloved] made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4And Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] stripped himself of the robe that [was] upon him, and gave it to David [beloved], and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his belt. 5And David [beloved] went out to wherever Sha’ul [desired] sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Sha’ul [desired] set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sha’ul’s [desired] servants.

6And it came to pass as they came, when David [beloved] was returned from the slaughter of the P’lishtim [immigrants], that the women came out of all cities of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], singing and dancing, to meet king Sha’ul [desired], with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.

7And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Sha’ul [desired] has slain his thousands, and David [beloved] his ten thousands.

8And Sha’ul [desired] was very exceedingly angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David [beloved] ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed [but] thousands: and [what] can he have more but the kingdom? 9And Sha’ul [desired] eyed David [beloved] from that day and forward.

10And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] came upon Sha’ul [desired], and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David [beloved] played with his hand, as at other times: and [there was] a javelin in Sha’ul’s [desired] hand. 11And Sha’ul [desired] cast the javelin; for he said, I will strike David [beloved] even to the wall [with it]. And David [beloved] avoided out of his presence twice.

12And Sha’ul [desired] was afraid of David [beloved], because the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was with him, and was departed from Sha’ul [desired]. 13Therefore Sha’ul [desired] removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14And David [beloved] behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [was] with him. 15For what reason when Sha’ul [desired] saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16But all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] loved David [beloved], because he went out and came in before them.

17And Sha’ul [desired] said to David [beloved], Behold my elder daughter Merav [increase], her will I give youⁱ to wife: only be youⁱ valiant for me, and fight the LORD-Yehovah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] battles. For Sha’ul [desired] said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] be upon him. 18And David [beloved] said unto Sha’ul [desired], Who [am] I? and what [is] my life, [or] my father's family in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], that I should be son in law to the king? 19But it came to pass at the time when Merav [increase] Sha’ul’s [desired] daughter should have been given to David [beloved], that she was given unto Adri’el [flock of God] the Mecholati [dancing (in sadness)] to wife.

20And Mikhal [who is like God?] Sha’ul’s [desired] daughter loved David [beloved]: and they told Sha’ul [desired], and the thing pleased him. 21And Sha’ul [desired] said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] may be against him. For what reason Sha’ul [desired] said to David [beloved], youⁱ shall this day be my son in law in [the one of] the two. 22And Sha’ul [desired] commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David [beloved] secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in youⁱ, and all his servants love youⁱ: now therefore be the king's son in law. 23And Sha’ul’s [desired] servants spoke those words in the ears of David [beloved]. And David [beloved] said, Seem it to you [a] light [thing] to be a king's son in law, seeing that I [am] a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24And the servants of Sha’ul [desired] told him, saying, On this manner spoke David [beloved]. 25And Sha’ul [desired] said, Thus shall you^2f say to David [beloved], The king desires not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the P’lishtim [Immigrants], to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Sha’ul [desired] thought to make David [beloved] fall by the hand of the P’lishtim [Immigrants]. 26And when his servants told David [beloved] these words, it pleased David [beloved] well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired. 27For what reason David [beloved] arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] two hundred men; and David [beloved] brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Sha’ul [desired] gave him Mikhal [who is like God?] his daughter to wife. 28And Sha’ul [desired] saw and knew that the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [was] with David [beloved], and [that] Mikhal [who is like God?] Sha’ul’s [desired] daughter loved him. 29And Sha’ul [desired] was yet the more afraid of David [beloved]; and Sha’ul [desired] became David’s [beloved]’s enemy continually.

30Then the princes of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, [that] David [beloved] behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Sha’ul [desired]; so that his name was much set by.