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And it came to pass, when he had made an end[H3615] of speaking[H1696] unto Saul[H7586], that the soul[H5315] of Jonathan[H3083] was knit[H7194] with the soul[H5315] of David[H1732], and Jonathan[H3083]loved[H157] him as his own soul[H5315].
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And Saul[H7586]took[H3947] him that day[H3117], and would let[H5414] him go no more home[H7725] to his father's house[H1004].
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Then Jonathan[H3083] and David[H1732]made[H3772] a covenant[H1285], because he loved[H160] him as his own soul[H5315].
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And Jonathan[H3083]stripped[H6584] himself of the robe[H4598] that was upon him, and gave[H5414] it to David[H1732], and his garments[H4055], even to his sword[H2719], and to his bow[H7198], and to his girdle[H2289].
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And David[H1732] went out[H3318] whithersoever Saul[H7586]sent[H7971] him, and behaved himself wisely[H7919]: and Saul[H7586]set[H7760] him over the men[H582] of war[H4421], and he was accepted[H3190] in the sight[H5869] of all the people[H5971], and also in the sight[H5869] of Saul[H7586]'s servants[H5650].
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And it came[H935] to pass as they came[H935], when David[H1732] was returned[H7725] from the slaughter[H5221] of the Philistine[H6430], that the women[H802]came[H935]out[H3318] of all cities[H5892] of Israel[H3478], singing[H7891] and dancing[H4246], to meet[H7125]king[H4428]Saul[H7586], with tabrets[H8596], with joy[H8057], and with instruments of musick[H7991].
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And the women[H802]answered[H6030] one another as they played[H7832], and said[H559], Saul[H7586] hath slain[H5221] his thousands[H505], and David[H1732] his ten thousands[H7233].
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And Saul[H7586] was very[H3966]wroth[H2734], and the saying[H1697]displeased[H3415] him; and he said[H559], They have ascribed[H5414] unto David[H1732] ten thousands[H7233], and to me they have ascribed[H5414] but thousands[H505]: and what can he have more but the kingdom?[H4410]
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And Saul[H7586]eyed[H5770]David[H1732] from that day[H3117] and forward[H1973].
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And it came[H6743] to pass on the morrow[H4283], that the evil[H7451]spirit[H7307] from God[H430]came[H6743] upon Saul[H7586], and he prophesied[H5012] in the midst[H8432] of the house[H1004]: and David[H1732]played[H5059] with his hand[H3027], as at other times[H3117]: and there was a javelin[H2595] in Saul[H7586]'s hand[H3027].
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And Saul[H7586]cast[H2904] the javelin[H2595]; for he said[H559], I will smite[H5221]David[H1732] even to the wall[H7023] with it. And David[H1732] avoided out[H5437] of his presence[H6440]twice[H6471].
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And Saul[H7586] was afraid[H3372]of[H6440]David[H1732], because the LORD[H3068] was with him, and was departed[H5493] from Saul[H7586].
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Therefore Saul[H7586]removed[H5493] him from him, and made[H7760] him his captain[H8269] over a thousand[H505]; and he went out[H3318] and came in[H935]before[H6440] the people[H5971].
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And David[H1732] behaved himself wisely[H7919] in all his ways[H1870]; and the LORD[H3068] was with him.
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Wherefore when Saul[H7586]saw[H7200] that he behaved[H7919] himself very[H3966]wisely[H7919], he was afraid[H1481]of[H6440] him.
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But all Israel[H3478] and Judah[H3063]loved[H157]David[H1732], because he went out[H3318] and came in[H935]before[H6440] them.
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And Saul[H7586]said[H559] to David[H1732], Behold my elder[H1419]daughter[H1323]Merab[H4764], her will I give[H5414] thee to wife[H802]: only be thou valiant[H1121] for me, and fight[H3898] the LORD'S battles[H4421]. For Saul[H7586]said[H559], Let not mine hand[H3027] be upon him, but let the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430] be upon him.
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto Saul[H7586], Who am I? and what is my life[H2416], or my father's family[H4940] in Israel[H3478], that I should be son in law[H2860] to the king?[H4428]
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But it came to pass at the time[H6256] when Merab[H4764] Saul's daughter[H1323] should have been given[H5414] to David[H1732], that she was given[H5414] unto Adriel[H5741] the Meholathite[H4259] to wife[H802].
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And Michal[H4324]Saul[H7586]'s daughter[H1323]loved[H157]David[H1732]: and they told[H5046]Saul[H7586], and the thing[H1697]pleased[H3474] him.
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And Saul[H7586]said[H559], I will give[H5414] him her, that she may be a snare[H4170] to him, and that the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430] may be against him. Wherefore Saul[H7586]said[H559] to David[H1732], Thou shalt this day[H3117] be my son in law[H2859] in the one of the twain[H8147].
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And Saul[H7586]commanded[H6680] his servants[H5650], saying, Commune[H1696] with David[H1732]secretly[H3909], and say[H559], Behold, the king[H4428] hath delight[H2654] in thee, and all his servants[H5650]love[H157] thee: now therefore be the king[H4428]'s son in law[H2859].
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And Saul's servants[H5650]spake[H1696] those words[H1697] in the ears[H241] of David[H1732]. And David[H1732]said[H559], Seemeth[H5869] it to you a light[H7043] thing to be a king's son in law[H2859], seeing that I am a poor[H7326]man[H376], and lightly esteemed?[H7034]
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And the servants[H5650] of Saul[H7586]told[H5046] him, saying[H559], On this manner[H1697]spake[H1696]David[H1732].
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And Saul[H7586]said[H559], Thus shall ye say[H559] to David[H1732], The king[H4428]desireth[H2656] not any dowry[H4119], but an hundred[H3967]foreskins[H6190] of the Philistines[H6430], to be avenged[H5358] of the king[H4428]'s enemies[H341]. But Saul[H7586]thought[H2803] to make David[H1732]fall[H5307] by the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].
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And when his servants[H5650]told[H5046]David[H1732] these words[H1697], it pleased[H3474]David[H1732] well to be the king's son in law[H2859]: and the days[H3117] were not expired[H4390].
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Wherefore David[H1732]arose[H6965] and went[H3212], he and his men[H582], and slew[H5221] of the Philistines[H6430] two hundred[H3967]men[H376]; and David[H1732]brought[H935] their foreskins[H6190], and they gave[H5414] them in full tale[H4390] to the king[H4428], that he might be the king[H4428]'s son in law[H2859]. And Saul[H7586]gave[H5414] him Michal[H4324] his daughter[H1323] to wife[H802].
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And Saul[H7586]saw[H7200] and knew[H3045] that the LORD[H3068] was with David[H1732], and that Michal[H4324]Saul[H7586]'s daughter[H1323]loved[H157] him.
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And Saul[H7586] was yet the more[H3254]afraid[H3372]of[H6440]David[H1732]; and Saul[H7586] became David[H1732]'s enemy[H341]continually[H3117].
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Then the princes[H8269] of the Philistines[H6430] went forth[H3318]: and it came to pass, after[H1767] they went forth[H3318], that David[H1732] behaved himself more wisely[H7919] than all the servants[H5650] of Saul[H7586]; so that his name[H8034] was much[H3966] set by[H3365].