1 E sucedeu que, acabando ele de falar com Saul, a alma de Jônatas se ligou com a alma de Davi; e Jônatas o amou, como à sua própria alma.
2 E Saul naquele dia o tomou, e não lhe permitiu que voltasse para casa de seu pai.
3 E Jônatas e Davi fizeram aliança; porque Jônatas o amava como à sua própria alma.
4 E Jônatas se despojou da capa que trazia sobre si, e a deu a Davi, como também as suas vestes, até a sua espada, e o seu arco, e o seu cinto.
5 E saía Davi aonde quer que Saul o enviasse e conduzia-se com prudência, e Saul o pôs sobre os homens de guerra; e era aceito aos olhos de todo o povo, e até aos olhos dos servos de Saul.
6 Sucedeu, porém, que, vindo eles, quando Davi voltava de ferir os filisteus, as mulheres de todas as cidades de Israel saíram ao encontro do rei Saul, cantando e dançando, com adufes, com alegria, e com instrumentos de música.
7 E as mulheres dançando e cantando se respondiam umas às outras, dizendo: Saul feriu os seus milhares, porém, Davi os seus dez milhares.
8 Então Saul se indignou muito, e aquela palavra pareceu mal aos seus olhos, e disse: Dez milhares deram a Davi, e a mim somente milhares; na verdade, que lhe falta, senão só o reino?
9 E, desde aquele dia em diante, Saul tinha Davi em suspeita.
10 E aconteceu no outro dia, que o mau espírito da parte de Deus se apoderou de Saul, e profetizava no meio da casa; e Davi tocava a harpa com a sua mão, como nos outros dias; Saul, porém, tinha na mão uma lança.
11 E Saul atirou com a lança, dizendo: Encravarei a Davi na parede. Porém Davi se desviou dele por duas vezes.
12 E temia Saul a Davi, porque o Senhor era com ele e se tinha retirado de Saul.
13 Por isso Saul o desviou de si, e o pôs por capitão de mil; e saía e entrava diante do povo.
14 E Davi se conduzia com prudência em todos os seus caminhos, e o Senhor era com ele.
15 Vendo então Saul que tão prudentemente se conduzia, tinha receio dele.
16 Porém todo o Israel e Judá amava a Davi, porquanto saía e entrava diante deles.
17 Por isso Saul disse a Davi: Eis que Merabe, minha filha mais velha, te darei por mulher; sê-me somente filho valoroso, e guerreia as guerras do Senhor (porque Saul dizia consigo: Não seja contra ele a minha mão, mas sim a dos filisteus).
18 Mas Davi disse a Saul: Quem sou eu, e qual é a minha vida e a família de meu pai em Israel, para vir a ser genro do rei?
19 Sucedeu, porém, que ao tempo que Merabe, filha de Saul, devia ser dada a Davi, ela foi dada por mulher a Adriel, meolatita.
20 Mas Mical, a outra filha de Saul amava a Davi; o que, sendo anunciado a Saul, pareceu isto bom aos seus olhos.
21 E Saul disse: Eu lha darei, para que lhe sirva de laço, e para que a mão dos filisteus venha a ser contra ele. Pelo que Saul disse a Davi: Com a outra serás hoje meu genro.
22 E Saul deu ordem aos seus servos: Falai em segredo a Davi, dizendo: Eis que o rei te está mui afeiçoado, e todos os seus servos te amam; agora, pois, consente em ser genro do rei.
23 E os servos de Saul falaram todas estas palavras aos ouvidos de Davi. Então disse Davi: Parece-vos pouco aos vossos olhos ser genro do rei, sendo eu homem pobre e desprezível?
24 E os servos de Saul lhe anunciaram isto, dizendo: Foram tais as palavras que falou Davi.
25 Então disse Saul: Assim direis a Davi: O rei não tem necessidade de dote, senão de cem prepúcios de filisteus, para se tomar vingança dos inimigos do rei. Porquanto Saul tentava fazer cair a Davi pela mão dos filisteus.
26 E anunciaram os seus servos estas palavras a Davi, e este negócio pareceu bem aos olhos de Davi, de que fosse genro do rei; porém ainda os dias não se haviam cumprido.
27 Então Davi se levantou, e partiu com os seus homens, e feriu dentre os filisteus duzentos homens, e Davi trouxe os seus prepúcios, e os entregou todos ao rei, para que fosse genro do rei; então Saul lhe deu por mulher a sua filha.
28 E viu Saul, e notou que o Senhor era com Davi; e Mical, filha de Saul, o amava.
29 Então Saul temeu muito mais a Davi; e Saul foi todos os seus dias inimigo de Davi.
30 E, saindo os príncipes dos filisteus à campanha, sucedia que Davi se conduzia com mais êxito do que todos os servos de Saul; portanto o seu nome era muito estimado.
1 Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.
2 And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.
3 Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.
4 And Jonathan took off the robe he had on and gave it to David, with all his military dress, even to his sword and his bow and the band round his body.
5 And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.
6 Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.
7 And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.
8 And Saul was very angry and this saying was unpleasing to him; and he said, They have given David credit for tens of thousands, and to me for only thousands: what more is there for him but the kingdom?
9 And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.
10 Now on the day after, an evil spirit from God came on Saul with great force and he was acting like a prophet among the men of his house, while David was making music for him, as he did day by day: and Saul had his spear in his hand.
11 And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.
12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.
13 So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.
14 And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.
15 And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.
16 But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.
17 And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.
18 And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?
19 But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath.
20 And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased.
21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.
22 And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.
23 And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?
24 And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.
25 And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.
26 And when his servants said these words to David, he was well pleased to be the son-in-law of the king. And the days were still not past.
27 So David and his men got up and went, and put to death two hundred of the Philistines; and David took their private parts and gave the full number of them to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for his wife.
28 And it was clear to Saul that the Lord was with David; and he was loved by all Israel.
29 And Saul's fear of David became all the greater, and he went on hating him, day by day.
30 Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.