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. (申13:6; 撒上19:2; 撒上20:17; 撒下1:26)2And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. (撒上17:15)3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. (撒上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. (撒上18:14; 撒上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] (出15:20; 士11:34)7And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.” (出15:21; 撒上21:11; 撒上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?” (撒上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. (士9:23; 撒上16:14; 撒上16:16; 撒上19:9; 撒上19:23; 王上18:29; 徒16:16)11And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded him twice. (撒上19:10; 撒上20:33)12Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. (撒上16:14; 撒上16:18; 撒上18:15; 撒上18:28; 撒上18:29; 撒上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. (民27:17; 撒上18:16; 撒下5:2)14And David had success in all his undertakings, for the Lord was with him. (撒上18:5; 撒上18:12)15And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him. (撒上18:14)16But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them. (撒上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.” (撒上14:49; 撒上17:25; 撒上18:21; 撒上18:25; 撒上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?” (撒上18:23; 撒下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. (士7:22; 撒下21:8)20Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. (撒上18:17; 撒上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.” (出10:7; 撒上18:17; 撒上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?” (民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. (创34:12; 出22:17; 撒上14:24; 撒上18:17; 撒上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, (撒上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. (撒上18:13; 撒下3:14)28But when Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him, (撒上18:12; 撒上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. (撒上18:5; 撒上19:8; 撒下11:1)