1Depois dessa conversa de Davi com Saul, surgiu tão grande amizade entre Jônatas e Davi que Jônatas tornou-se o seu melhor amigo.2Daquele dia em diante, Saul manteve Davi consigo e não o deixou voltar à casa de seu pai.3E Jônatas fez um acordo de amizade com Davi, pois se tornara o seu melhor amigo.4Jônatas tirou o manto que estava vestindo e o deu a Davi, com sua túnica, e até sua espada, seu arco e seu cinturão.5Tudo o que Saul lhe ordenava fazer, Davi fazia com tanta habilidade[1] que Saul lhe deu um posto elevado no exército. Isso agradou a todo o povo, bem como aos conselheiros de Saul.6Quando os soldados voltavam para casa, depois que Davi matou o filisteu, as mulheres saíram de todas as cidades de Israel ao encontro do rei Saul com cânticos e danças, com tamborins, com músicas alegres e instrumentos de três cordas.7As mulheres dançavam e cantavam: “Saul matou milhares; Davi, dezenas de milhares”.8Saul ficou muito irritado com esse refrão e, aborrecido, disse: “Atribuíram a Davi dezenas de milhares, mas a mim apenas milhares. O que mais lhe falta senão o reino?”9Daí em diante Saul olhava com inveja para Davi.10No dia seguinte, um espírito maligno[2] mandado por Deus apoderou-se de Saul, e ele entrou em transe[3] em sua casa, enquanto Davi tocava harpa, como costumava fazer. Saul estava com uma lança na mão11e a atirou, dizendo: “Encravarei Davi na parede”. Mas Davi desviou-se duas vezes.12Saul tinha medo de Davi porque o SENHOR o havia abandonado e agora estava com Davi.13Então afastou Davi de sua presença e deu-lhe o comando de uma tropa de mil soldados, que Davi conduzia em suas campanhas.14Ele tinha êxito[4] em tudo o que fazia, pois o SENHOR estava com ele.15Vendo isso, Saul teve muito medo dele.16Todo o Israel e todo o Judá, porém, gostavam de Davi, pois ele os conduzia em suas batalhas.17Saul disse a Davi: “Aqui está a minha filha mais velha, Merabe. Eu a darei em casamento a você; apenas sirva-me com bravura e lute as batalhas do SENHOR”. Pois Saul pensou: “Não o matarei. Deixo isso para os filisteus!”18Mas Davi disse a Saul: “Quem sou eu, e o que é minha família ou o clã de meu pai em Israel, para que eu me torne genro do rei?”19Por isso,[5] quando chegou a época de Merabe, a filha de Saul, ser dada em casamento a Davi, ela foi dada a Adriel, de Meolá.20Mical, a outra filha de Saul, gostava de Davi. Quando disseram isso a Saul, ele ficou contente e pensou:21“Eu a darei a ele, para que lhe sirva de armadilha, fazendo-o cair nas mãos dos filisteus”. Então Saul disse a Davi: “Hoje você tem uma segunda oportunidade de tornar-se meu genro”.22Então Saul ordenou aos seus conselheiros que falassem em particular com Davi, dizendo: “O rei está satisfeito com você, e todos os seus conselheiros o estimam. Torne-se, agora, seu genro”.23Quando falaram com Davi, ele disse: “Vocês acham que tornar-se genro do rei é fácil? Sou homem pobre e sem recursos”.24Quando os conselheiros de Saul lhe contaram o que Davi tinha dito,25Saul ordenou que dissessem a Davi: “O rei não quer outro preço pela noiva além de cem prepúcios de filisteus, para vingar-se de seus inimigos”. O plano de Saul era que Davi fosse morto pelos filisteus.26Quando os conselheiros falaram novamente com Davi, ele gostou da ideia de tornar-se genro do rei. Por isso, antes de terminar o prazo estipulado,27Davi e seus soldados saíram e mataram duzentos filisteus. Ele trouxe os prepúcios e apresentou-os ao rei para que se tornasse seu genro. Então Saul lhe deu em casamento sua filha Mical.28Quando Saul viu claramente que o SENHOR estava com Davi e que sua filha Mical o amava,29temeu-o ainda mais e continuou seu inimigo pelo resto da vida.30Os comandantes filisteus continuaram saindo para a batalha, e, todas as vezes que o faziam, Davi tinha mais habilidade do que os outros oficiais de Saul e assim tornou-se ainda mais famoso.
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; 1 Sm 19:2; 1 Sm 20:17; 2 Sm 1:26)2And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. (1 Sm 17:15)3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. (1 Sm 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. (1 Sm 18:14; 1 Sm 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; Jz 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; 1 Sm 21:11; 1 Sm 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?” (1 Sm 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. (Jz 9:23; 1 Sm 16:14; 1 Sm 16:16; 1 Sm 19:9; 1 Sm 19:23; 1 Rs 18:29; At 16:16)11And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded him twice. (1 Sm 19:10; 1 Sm 20:33)12Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. (1 Sm 16:14; 1 Sm 16:18; 1 Sm 18:15; 1 Sm 18:28; 1 Sm 18:29; 1 Sm 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. (Nm 27:17; 1 Sm 18:16; 2 Sm 5:2)14And David had success in all his undertakings, for the Lord was with him. (1 Sm 18:5; 1 Sm 18:12)15And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him. (1 Sm 18:14)16But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them. (1 Sm 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.” (1 Sm 14:49; 1 Sm 17:25; 1 Sm 18:21; 1 Sm 18:25; 1 Sm 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?” (1 Sm 18:23; 2 Sm 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. (Jz 7:22; 2 Sm 21:8)20Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. (1 Sm 18:17; 1 Sm 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; 1 Sm 18:17; 1 Sm 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?” (Nm 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; 1 Sm 14:24; 1 Sm 18:17; 1 Sm 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, (1 Sm 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. (1 Sm 18:13; 2 Sm 3:14)28But when Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him, (1 Sm 18:12; 1 Sm 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. (1 Sm 18:5; 1 Sm 19:8; 2 Sm 11:1)