I. SamvEet XVIII. 17.

took him, and brought him before Saul! B.C. al with the_head_of the Philistine in his| 1063,
hand.
58 And Saul said to him, “ Whose son art thou, thow xyoung man?” And David answered, “J am the_son_of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.”
AND it came_to_pass, when he 18 had_made_an.end of speaking unto Saul, that the_soul_of Jonathan was_knit with the_soul_of David, and Jonathan loved him as his_own soul.
2 And Saul took him xthat xday, and would let him go no_more home to his father’s house.
3 Then Jonathan and Dayid ¢ madea covenant, because he loved hinv as his_ own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped_himself_of cthe robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. ‘
5 And David went_out whithersoever Saul tsent him, and behaved_himself_ wisely: and Saul set him over the_ emen_of xwar, 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 Israél, singing and dancing, to meet xking Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments_of_music.
7 And the women answered one an- other as they played, and said,
“Saul -hath_slain his xthousands, And David his ten_thousands.”
8 And Saul was very wroth, and xthe xsaying displeased him; and he said, “They shave_ascribed unto David ten_ thousands, and to me they -have_as- cribed but xthousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?”
% And Saul eyed -David from xthat xday and forward.
10 And it came_to_pass on the morrow, that the sevil spirit from =God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the_ midst_of the house: and David played|, with his hand, as at other times: and} © there was a@ xjavelin in Saul’s hand.
ll And Saul cast cthe javelin; for he said, “I will_smite David even to the| + wall with it.” And David avoided out_ of his presence twice.
12 And Saul was_afraid of David, be- cause ‘the Lorp was with him, and was_departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a| 2. thousand : and he went_out and came_ in before the people. :
14 And David behayved_himself_wisely | 14. in all his ways; and the Lorp was with
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15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved_himself very wisely, he was_ afraid of him.
16 But all Israél and Judah -loved “David, because he +went_out and +came_in before them. F
7 And Saul said to David, “Behold my elder daughter ™ Merab, her will_
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I_give thee to wife: only be thou ¢ vali- ant for me, and -fight %the Lorp’s battles.” For Saul said, “tLet not mine hand be upon him, but let the_ hand_of the Philistines be upon him.”
18 And David said unto Saul, “Who am £? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israél, that I should_ be son_in_law to the king?”
19 But it came_to_pass at the_time_ when «Merab Saul’s daughter should_ haye_been_given to David, that she was_given unto «Adrieél the Mehola- thite to wife.
2 And mi Michal Saul’s daughter