<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when he had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="1696">speaking</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, that the <sn="5315">soul</s> of <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> was <sn="7194">knit</s> with the <sn="5315">soul</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s><sn="157">loved</s> him as his own <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="3947">took</s> him <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, and would <sn="5414">let</s> him go no more <sn="7725 3808">home</s> to his <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Then <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s>, because he <sn="157">loved</s> him as his own <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> stripped <sn="6584">himself</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4598">robe</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">upon</s> him, and <sn="5414">gave</s> it to <sn="1732">David</s>, and his <sn="4055">garments</s>, even <sn="5740">to</s> his <sn="2719">sword</s>, and <sn="5704">to</s> his <sn="7198">bow</s>, and <sn="5704">to</s> his <sn="2290">girdle</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="1732">David</s> went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="834 3605">whithersoever</s><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7971">sent</s> him, and behaved himself <sn="7919">wisely</s>: and <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7760">set</s> him <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>, and he was <sn="3190">accepted</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> as they <sn="935">came</s>, when <sn="1732">David</s> was <sn="7725">returned</s> from the <sn="4480 5221">slaughter</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6430">Philistine</s>, that the <sn="802">women</s> came <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="7891">singing</s> and <sn="4246">dancing</s>, to <sn="7125">meet</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, with <sn="8596">tabrets</s>, with <sn="8057">joy</s>, and with instruments of <sn="7991">music</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="802">women</s><sn="6030">answered</s> one another as they <sn="7832">played</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7586">Saul</s> hath <sn="5221">slain</s> his <sn="505">thousands</s>, and <sn="1732">David</s> his ten <sn="7233">thousands</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s> was <sn="3966">very</s><sn="2734">wroth</s>, and <sn="2088">the</s><sn="1697">saying</s><sn="3415 5869">displeased</s> him; and he <sn="559">said</s>, They have <sn="5414">ascribed</s> unto <sn="1732">David</s> ten <sn="7233">thousands</s>, and to me they have <sn="5414">ascribed</s> but <sn="505">thousands</s>: and what can he have <sn="5750">more</s><sn="389">but</s> the <sn="4410">kingdom</s>? </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="5770">eyed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> from that <sn="4480 3117 1931">day</s> and <sn="1973">forward</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> on the <sn="4480 4283">morrow</s>, that the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="7307">spirit</s> from <sn="430">God</s><sn="6743">came</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and he <sn="5012">prophesied</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5059">played</s> with his <sn="3027">hand</s>, as at other <sn="3117 3117">times</s>: and there was a <sn="2595">javelin</s> in <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="2904">cast</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2595">javelin</s>; for he <sn="559">said</s>, I will <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="1732">David</s> even to the <sn="7023">wall</s> with it. And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5437">avoided</s> out of his <sn="4480 6440">presence</s><sn="6471">twice</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s> was <sn="3372">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">of</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, and was <sn="5493">departed</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Therefore <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="5493">removed</s> him <sn="4480 5973">from</s> him, and <sn="7760">made</s> him his <sn="8269">captain</s> over a <sn="505">thousand</s>; and he went <sn="3318">out</s> and came <sn="935">in</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="1732">David</s> behaved himself <sn="7919">wisely</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1870">ways</s>; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='15'>Wherefore when <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1931">he</s> behaved himself very <sn="7919 3966">wisely</s>, he was <sn="1481">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">of</s> him. </v>
<vn='16'>But <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="157">loved</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1931">he</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> and came <sn="935">in</s><sn="6440">before</s> them. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s> my <sn="1419">elder</s><sn="1323">daughter</s><sn="4764">Merab</s>, her will I <sn="5414">give</s> thee to <sn="802">wife</s>: <sn="389">only</s><sn="1961">be</s> thou <sn="1121 2428">valiant</s> for me, and <sn="3898">fight</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4421">battles</s>. For <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s>, Let <sn="408">not</s> mine <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="1961">be</s> upon him, but let the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="1961">be</s> upon him. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> am <sn="595">I</s>? and <sn="4310">what</s> is my <sn="2416">life</s>, or my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="4940">family</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> I should <sn="1961">be</s><sn="2860">son</s> -in-law to the <sn="4428">king</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>But it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at the <sn="6256">time</s> when <sn="*853"></s><sn="4764">Merab</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1323">daughter</s> should have been <sn="5414">given</s> to <sn="1732">David</s>, that <sn="1931">she</s> was <sn="5414">given</s> unto <sn="5741">Adriel</s> the <sn="4259">Meholathite</s> to <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="4324">Michal</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1323">daughter</s><sn="157">loved</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>: and they <sn="5046">told</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="3474 5869">pleased</s> him. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s>, I will <sn="5414">give</s> him her, that she may <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="4170">snare</s> to him, and that the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> may <sn="1961">be</s> against him. Wherefore <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, Thou shalt this <sn="3117">day</s> be my <sn="2860">son</s> -in-law in the one of the <sn="8147">twain</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5650">servants</s>, saying, <sn="1696">Commune</s><sn="413">with</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="3909">secretly</s>, and <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s> hath <sn="2654">delight</s> in thee, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="157">love</s> thee: <sn="6258">now</s> therefore be the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="2860">son</s> -in-law. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">those</s><sn="1697">words</s> in the <sn="241">ears</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="5869">Seemeth</s> it to you a <sn="7043">light</s> thing to be a <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="2860">son</s> -in-law, seeing that <sn="595">I</s> am a <sn="7326">poor</s><sn="376">man</s>, and lightly <sn="7034">esteemed</s>? </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="5046">told</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, On <sn="428">this</s><sn="1697">manner</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s> shall ye <sn="559">say</s> to <sn="1732">David</s>, The <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2656">desireth</s><sn="369">not</s> any <sn="4119">dowry</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="6190">foreskins</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, to be <sn="5358">avenged</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="341">enemies</s>. But <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="2803">thought</s> to make <sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="5307">fall</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And when his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="5046">told</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>, it <sn="3474 1697 5869">pleased</s><sn="1732">David</s> well to be the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="2860">son</s> -in-law: and the <sn="3117">days</s> were <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4390">expired</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Wherefore <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6965">arose</s> and <sn="1980">went</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and his <sn="376">men</s>, and <sn="5221">slew</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> two <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s>; and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="6190">foreskins</s>, and they gave them in full <sn="4390">tale</s> to the <sn="4428">king</s>, that he might be the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="2860">son</s> -in-law. And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="5414">gave</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="4324">Michal</s> his <sn="1323">daughter</s> to <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7200">saw</s> and <sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="5973">with</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and that <sn="4324">Michal</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1323">daughter</s><sn="157">loved</s> him. </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s> was <sn="5750">yet</s> the <sn="3254">more</s><sn="3372">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">of</s><sn="1732">David</s>; and <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1961">became</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="341">enemy</s><sn="3605 3117">continually</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>Then the <sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> went <sn="3318">forth</s>: and it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="4480 167">after</s> they went <sn="3318">forth</s>, that <sn="1732">David</s> behaved himself more <sn="7919">wisely</s> than <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>; so that his <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="3966">much</s> set <sn="3365">by</s>. </v>