1 Samuel 18 And it comes to pass, when he finishes to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan has been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loves him as his own soul.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And it comes to pass, when he finishes to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan has been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loves him as his own soul. ² And Saul takes him on that day, and has not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father. ³ And Jonathan makes--also David--a covenant, because he loves him as his own soul, ⁴ and Jonathan strips himself of the upper robe which [is] upon him, and gives it to David, and his long robe, even unto his sword, and unto his bow, and unto his girdle. ⁵ And David goes out whithersoever Saul does send him; he acted wisely, and Saul sets him over the men of war, and it is good in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul. ⁶ And it comes to pass, in their coming in, in David's returning from smiting the Philistine, that the women come out from all the cities of Israel to sing--also the dancers--to meet Saul the king, with tabrets, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments;" ⁷ and the women answer--those playing, and say, `Saul has smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.. ⁸ And it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he said, `They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him [is] only the kingdom;. ⁹ and Saul is eyeing David from that day and thenceforth. ¹⁰ And it comes to pass, on the morrow, that the spirit of sadness [from] Elohim prospers over Saul, and he prophesies in the midst of the house, and David is playing with his hand, as day by day, and the javelin [is] in the hand of Saul, ¹¹ and Saul casts the javelin, and said, `I smite through David, even through the wall;' and David turns round out of his presence twice. ¹² And Saul is afraid of the presence of David, for Yahweh has been with him, and from Saul He has turned aside;" ¹³ and Saul turns him aside from him, and appoints him to himself head of a thousand, and he goes out an comes in, before the people. ¹⁴ And David is in all his ways acting wisely, and Yahweh [is] with him, ¹⁵ and Saul sees that he is acting very wisely, and is afraid of him, ¹⁶ and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them. ¹⁷ And Saul said unto David, `Lo, my elder daughter Merab--her I give to you for a wife; only, be to me for a son of valor, and fight the battles of Yahweh;' and Saul said, `Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.. ¹⁸ And David said unto Saul, `Who [am] I? and what my life--the family of my father in Israel--that I am son-in-law to the king?. ¹⁹ And it comes to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she has been given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. ²⁰ And Michal daughter of Saul loves David, and they declare to Saul, and the thing is right in his eyes, ²¹ and Saul said, `I give her to him, and she is to him for a snare, and the hand of the Philistines is on him;' and Saul said unto David, `By the second--you do become my son-in-law to-day.. ²² And Saul commands his servants, `Speak unto David gently, saying, Lo, the king has delighted in you, and all his servants have loved you, and now, be son-in-law to the king.. ²³ And the servants of Saul speak in the ears of David these words, and David said, `Is it a light thing in your eyes to be son-in-law to the king--and I a poor man, and lightly esteemed?. ²⁴ And the servants of Saul declare to him, saying, `According to these words has David spoken.. ²⁵ And Saul said, `Thus do you say to David, There is no delight to the king in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of the Philistines--to be avenged on the enemies of the king;' and Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines. ²⁶ And his servants declare to David these words, and the thing is right in the eyes of David, to be son-in-law to the king; and the days have not been full, ²⁷ and David rises and goes, he and his men, and smites among the Philistines two hundred men, and David brings in their foreskins, and they set them before the king, to be son-in-law to the king; and Saul gives to him Michal his daughter for a wife. ²⁸ And Saul sees and knows that Yahweh [is] with David, and Michal daughter of Saul has loved him, ²⁹ and Saul adds to be afraid of the presence of David yet; and Saul is an enemy with David all the days. ³⁰ And the princes of the Philistines come out, and it comes to pass from the time of their coming out, David has acted more wisely than any of the servants of Saul, and his name is very precious.