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Jonathan
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| 1 Samuel 18:1 |
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Now it came about when he had finished speaking
to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan
loved him as himself. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:2 |
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Saul took him that day and did not let him return
to his father's house. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:3 |
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Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because
he loved him as himself. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:4 |
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Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was
on him and gave it to David, with his armor, including his sword and his bow and
his belt. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:5 |
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So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and
prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. And it was pleasing in the sight
of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:6 |
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It happened as they were coming, when David
returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities
of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy
and with musical instruments. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:7 |
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The women sang as they played, and said, "Saul
has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands." |
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| 1 Samuel 18:8 |
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Then Saul became very angry, for this saying
displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to
me they have ascribed thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?" |
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| 1 Samuel 18:9 |
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Saul looked at David with suspicion from that
day on. |
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Saul
Turns against David |
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| 1 Samuel 18:10 |
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Now it came about on the next day that an evil
spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house,
while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Saul's
hand. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:11 |
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Saul hurled the spear for he thought, "I will
pin David to the wall." But David escaped from his presence twice. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:12 |
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Now Saul was afraid of David, for the LORD was
with him but had departed from Saul. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:13 |
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Therefore Saul removed him from his presence
and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in
before the people. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:14 |
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David was prospering in all his ways for the
LORD was with him. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:15 |
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When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly,
he dreaded him. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:16 |
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But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he
went out and came in before them. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:17 |
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Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter
Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight
the LORD'S battles." For Saul thought, "My hand shall not be against him, but
let the hand of the Philistines be against him." |
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| 1 Samuel 18:18 |
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But David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what
is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law?" |
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| 1 Samuel 18:19 |
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So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul's
daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite
for a wife. |
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David
Marries Saul's Daughter |
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| 1 Samuel 18:20 |
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Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. When
they told Saul, the thing was agreeable to him. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:21 |
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Saul thought, "I will give her to him that she
may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against
him." Therefore Saul said to David, "For a second time you may be my son-in-law
today." |
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| 1 Samuel 18:22 |
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Then Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to
David secretly, saying, 'Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants
love you; now therefore, become the king's son-in-law.'" |
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| 1 Samuel 18:23 |
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So Saul's servants spoke these words to David.
But David said, "Is it trivial in your sight to become the king's son-in-law,
since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?" |
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| 1 Samuel 18:24 |
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The servants of Saul reported to him according
to these words which David spoke. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:25 |
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Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David,
'The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines,
to take vengeance on the king's enemies.'" Now Saul planned to make David fall
by the hand of the Philistines. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:26 |
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When his servants told David these words, it
pleased David to become the king's son-in-law. Before the days had expired |
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| 1 Samuel 18:27 |
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David rose up and went, he and his men, and
struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins,
and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king's
son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:28 |
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When Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with
David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him, |
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| 1 Samuel 18:29 |
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then Saul was even more afraid of David. Thus
Saul was David's enemy continually. |
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| 1 Samuel 18:30 |
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Then the commanders of the Philistines went
out to battle, and it happened as often as they went out, that David behaved himself
more wisely than all the servants of Saul. So his name was highly esteemed. |
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