1Tak skončil Davidův rozhovor se Saulem. Jonatan tehdy celou duší přilnul k duši Davidově a zamiloval si ho jako sebe sama.2Toho dne Saul přijal Davida k sobě do služby a už ho nepouštěl domů k otci.3Jonatan s Davidem uzavřel smlouvu, neboť ho miloval jako sebe sama.4Svlékl si plášť, který nosil, a dal ho Davidovi; rovněž tak svou výstroj, svůj meč, luk i opasek.5David se vydával, kamkoli ho Saul posílal, a na všech taženích si vedl úspěšně. Saul ho proto jmenoval velitelem bojovníků. V celém vojsku i mezi Saulovými dvořany se těšil oblibě.6Když se poté, co David zabil Filištína, vojáci vraceli z boje, ženy ze všech izraelských měst vyšly králi Saulovi naproti se zpěvem a tancem. Vesele hrály na tamburíny a drnkačky7a při tanci prozpěvovaly: „Saul pobil své tisíce, David desetkrát více!“8Saula to velmi rozzlobilo, ten popěvek se mu vůbec nelíbil. Říkal si: „Davidovi přiznali desetkrát více, a mně jen tisíce. Aby mu tak ještě dali království!“9Od toho dne Saul hleděl na Davida už vždycky podezíravě.10Druhý den se Saula zmocnil zlý duch od Boha, takže doma blouznil v prorockém vytržení. David hrál tak jako vždycky, ale Saul vzal kopí11a mrštil ho po něm. Napadlo ho totiž: „Přibodnu Davida ke zdi!“ David mu ale dvakrát uhnul.12Saul se Davida začal bát, protože s ním byl Hospodin, kdežto od Saula se odvrátil.13Aby se ho zbavil, jmenoval ho velitelem nad tisíci, takže táhl v čele vojska do boje i zpět.14David si ale na všech taženích vedl úspěšně a Hospodin byl s ním.15Když Saul viděl, jak úspěšně si vede, měl z něj hrůzu.16Všichni v Izraeli i v Judovi ale Davida milovali, protože v jejich čele táhl do boje i zpět.17Saul jednou Davidovi řekl: „Tady je má starší dcera Merab, dám ti ji za ženu. Jen buď mým vojevůdcem a veď Hospodinovy boje.“ (Saul si totiž říkal: Ať nepadne mou rukou, ale rukou Filištínů.)18David na to Saulovi odpověděl: „Kdo jsem já a jaký mám původ – co je můj otcovský rod v Izraeli, abych se měl stát královým zetěm?“19Když pak přišel čas její svatby s Davidem, provdal Saul svou dceru Merab za Adriela Mecholatského.20Saulova dcera Míkal se ale do Davida zamilovala. Když to sdělili Saulovi, líbilo se mu to.21Pomyslel si totiž: „Dám mu ji. Díky ní se chytí do pasti a padne rukou Filištínů.“ A tak Saul Davidovi řekl: „Teď máš druhou možnost stát se mým zetěm.“22Svým dvořanům přikázal: „Říkejte potají Davidovi: Jen se podívej, král tě má rád a všichni jeho dvořané tě milují. Teď se můžeš stát královým zetěm.“23A tak o tom Saulovi dvořané Davida přesvědčovali. David jim ale odpověděl: „Myslíte, že je to maličkost, stát se královým zetěm? Vždyť jsem jen bezvýznamný chudák.“24Když dvořané Saulovi sdělili, co David řekl,25Saul jim odpověděl: „Povězte Davidovi toto: Král nechce žádné věno, jen stovku filištínských předkožek jako pomstu nad královskými nepřáteli.“ (Saul totiž chtěl, aby David padl rukou Filištínů.)26Dvořané to sdělili Davidovi a jemu se líbilo, že by se mohl stát královým zetěm. Ještě než lhůta uplynula,27David vyrazil se svými muži, pobil dvě stě Filištínů, přinesl jejich předkožky a odpočítal je před králem, aby se stal jeho zetěm. Saul mu tedy dal svou dceru Míkal za ženu.28Když si Saul uvědomil, že Hospodin je s Davidem a že ho jeho dcera Míkal miluje,29bál se Davida ještě více a stal se navždy Davidovým nepřítelem.30Filištínští vládci stále vyráželi do boje. A kdykoli vyrazili, David byl pokaždé úspěšnější než všichni Saulovi hodnostáři. Tak si David získal slavnou pověst.
1As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. (Dt 13,6; 1S 19,2; 1S 20,17; 2S 1,26)2And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. (1S 17,15)3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. (1S 18,1)4And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt.5And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants. (1S 18,14; 1S 18,30)
Saul’s Jealousy of David
6As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments.[1] (Ex 15,20; Sd 11,34)7And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.” (Ex 15,21; 1S 21,11; 1S 29,5)8And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the kingdom?” (1S 15,28)9And Saul eyed David from that day on.10The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand. (Sd 9,23; 1S 16,14; 1S 16,16; 1S 19,9; 1S 19,23; 1Kr 18,29; Sk 16,16)11And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded him twice. (1S 19,10; 1S 20,33)12Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. (1S 16,14; 1S 16,18; 1S 18,15; 1S 18,28; 1S 18,29; 1S 28,15)13So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people. (Nu 27,17; 1S 18,16; 2S 5,2)14And David had success in all his undertakings, for the Lord was with him. (1S 18,5; 1S 18,12)15And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him. (1S 18,14)16But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them. (1S 18,5)
David Marries Michal
17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” (1S 14,49; 1S 17,25; 1S 18,21; 1S 18,25; 1S 25,28)18And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father’s clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?” (1S 18,23; 2S 7,18)19But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. (Sd 7,22; 2S 21,8)20Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. (1S 18,17; 1S 18,28)21Saul thought, “Let me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time,[2] “You shall now be my son-in-law.” (Ex 10,7; 1S 18,17; 1S 18,26)22And Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David in private and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now then become the king’s son-in-law.’”23And Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and have no reputation?” (Nu 16,9)24And the servants of Saul told him, “Thus and so did David speak.”25Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. (Gn 34,12; Ex 22,17; 1S 14,24; 1S 18,17; 1S 18,21)26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the time had expired, (1S 18,21)27David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife. (1S 18,13; 2S 3,14)28But when Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him, (1S 18,12; 1S 18,20)29Saul was even more afraid of David. So Saul was David’s enemy continually.30Then the commanders of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out David had more success than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed. (1S 18,5; 1S 19,8; 2S 11,1)