1Depois de Saul ter conversado com David, este encontrou-se com Jónatas, o filho do rei. Imediatamente estabeleceu-se entre os dois uma grande amizade. Jónatas gostava tanto de David como de si próprio.2Saul, naquele mesmo dia, tomou David para o seu serviço e não permitiu que voltasse para casa de seu pai.3Jónatas fez com David uma aliança, porquanto tornara-se o seu melhor amigo.4Como penhor dessa grande amizade deu-lhe a sua capa, a espada, o arco e o cinto que trazia.5Tornou-se oficial do exército e todas as diretrizes que recebia executava-as inteligentemente. Essa nomeação foi aplaudida não só pelos que estavam ao serviço do rei como por toda a população.6Um dia, quando o exército israelita regressava vitorioso, depois de David ter matado Golias, muitas mulheres de todas as cidades de Israel vieram ao encontro do rei Saul para o aclamar, cantando e dançando, acompanhadas de adufes e de instrumentos de música, no meio de grande alegria.7No entanto, nos seus cantares diziam: “Saul matou os seus milhares e David os seus dez milhares!”8Saul indignou-se muito com isto: “O quê? Louvam a David por dez milhares e a mim só por milhares? Pouco falta para que façam dele rei!”, pensou consigo.9A partir dessa altura, o rei Saul ficou sempre de pé atrás em relação a David.10No dia seguinte, o espírito atormentador veio sobre ele, da parte de Deus. Para o acalmar, David começou a tocar a harpa como das outras vezes que tal acontecia. Saul tinha ali ao seu alcance uma lança.11Lançou-a repentinamente contra David com a intenção de o cravar contra a parede. Contudo, David desviou-se a tempo e conseguiu escapar-lhe. Isto aconteceu também noutra ocasião.12Saul temia-o por o SENHOR o ter deixado e estar agora com David.13Finalmente, Saul baniu-o da sua presença e demitiu-o do cargo de oficial do exército de 1000 homens e David liderou as tropas nas suas campanhas.14David continuava a ser bem sucedido em tudo o que empreendia, porque o SENHOR estava com ele.15Perante tais factos, Saul receava-o cada vez mais.16Todo o Israel e Judá amava a David, porque era ele que liderava as tropas.17Um dia, Saul disse a David: “Estou pronto a dar-te a minha filha mais velha, Merabe, por esposa. Mas primeiramente terás de provar que és um verdadeiro soldado, combatendo as guerras do SENHOR.” Porque Saul pensava consigo: “vale mais que o mande lutar contra os filisteus e que morra assim do que ser eu a tirar-lhe a vida.”18“Quem sou eu para me tornar genro do rei!”, exclamou David. “A família do meu pai pouco vale!”19Entretanto, quando chegou a altura de Merabe ser dada a David, Saul casou-a com Adriel, um homem de Meolate.20No entanto Mical, outra filha de Saul, amava muito a David e Saul ficou satisfeito ao saber disso.21“Aqui está uma oportunidade para que seja morto pelos filisteus!”, pensou Saul. Contudo, ao próprio David disse: “Tens ainda ocasião de te tornares genro do rei; posso dar-te a minha filha mais nova.”22Saul deu instruções aos seus homens para que dissessem a David, confidencialmente, que o rei, no fundo, gostava mesmo muito dele; que todos, aliás, gostavam dele e achavam que deveria aceitar a proposta do rei de se tornar seu genro.23Ele replicava-lhes: “Ficariam assim tão honrados se a filha do rei casasse com um homem tão pobre e de humilde condição como eu?”24Quando vieram contar isto a Saul,25este disse-lhes: “Digam a David que o único dote de que preciso é de uma centena de filisteus mortos! Vingança sobre os meus inimigos é tudo o que eu pretendo.” No entanto, o que tinha em mente era que David fosse morto nesse combate.26David ficou muito contente com essa proposta. Assim, muito antes que o prazo fixado tivesse acabado,27partiu, acompanhado dos seus próprios homens e matou duzentos filisteus, apresentando os seus prepúcios ao rei. E Mical foi-lhe dada por mulher.28Quando o rei se deu conta do quanto o SENHOR estava com David, e como a sua filha Mical o amava,29ficou ainda mais receoso, aumentando o ódio que sentia por ele de dia para dia.30Sempre que as tropas dos filisteus atacavam, David era muito mais bem sucedido contra os inimigos do que o resto dos soldados de Saul. Dessa forma, o nome de David tornou-se famoso em toda a terra.
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David and Jonathan’s Friendship
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.2And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house.3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.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.
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.*7And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”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?”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.11And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded him twice.12Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.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.14And David had success in all his undertakings, for the Lord was with him.15And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him.16But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
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.”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?”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.20Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.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,* “You shall now be my son-in-law.”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?”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.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,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.28But when Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him,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.
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