1 Sucedeu que, acabando Davi de falar com Saul, a alma de Jônatas se ligou com a de Davi; e Jônatas o amou como à sua própria alma. 2 Saul, naquele dia, o tomou e não lhe permitiu que tornasse para casa de seu pai. 3 Jônatas e Davi fizeram aliança; porque Jônatas o amava como à sua própria alma. 4 Despojou-se Jônatas da capa que vestia e a deu a Davi, como também a armadura, inclusive a espada, o arco e o cinto. 5 Saía Davi aonde quer que Saul o enviava e se conduzia com prudência; de modo que Saul o pôs sobre tropas do seu exército, e era ele benquisto de todo o povo e até dos próprios servos de Saul.
6 Sucedeu, porém, que, vindo Saul e seu exército, e voltando também Davi de ferir os filisteus, as mulheres de todas as cidades de Israel saíram ao encontro do rei Saul, cantando e dançando, com tambores, com júbilo e com instrumentos de música. 7 As mulheres se alegravam e, cantando alternadamente, diziam:
Saul feriu os seus milhares,
porém Davi, os seus dez milhares.
8 Então, Saul se indignou muito, pois estas palavras lhe desagradaram em extremo; e disse: Dez milhares deram elas a Davi, e a mim somente milhares; na verdade, que lhe falta, senão o reino? 9 Daquele dia em diante, Saul não via a Davi com bons olhos.
10 No dia seguinte, um espírito maligno, da parte de Deus, se apossou de Saul, que teve uma crise de raiva em casa; e Davi, como nos outros dias, dedilhava a harpa; Saul, porém, trazia na mão uma lança, 11 que arrojou, dizendo: Encravarei a Davi na parede. Porém Davi se desviou dele por duas vezes.
12 Saul temia a Davi, porque o Senhor era com este e se tinha retirado de Saul. 13 Pelo que Saul o afastou de si e o pôs por chefe de mil; ele fazia saídas e entradas militares diante do povo. 14 Davi lograva bom êxito em todos os seus empreendimentos, pois o Senhor era com ele. 15 Então, vendo Saul que Davi lograva bom êxito, tinha medo dele. 16 Porém todo o Israel e Judá amavam Davi, porquanto fazia saídas e entradas militares diante deles.
17 Disse Saul a Davi: Eis aqui Merabe, minha filha mais velha, que te darei por mulher; sê-me somente filho valente e guerreia as guerras do Senhor; porque Saul dizia consigo: Não seja contra ele a minha mão, e sim a dos filisteus. 18 Respondeu Davi a Saul: Quem sou eu, e qual é a minha vida e a família de meu pai em Israel, para vir a ser eu genro do rei? 19 Sucedeu, porém, que, ao tempo em que Merabe, filha de Saul, devia ser dada a Davi, foi dada por mulher a Adriel, meolatita.
20 Mas Mical, a outra filha de Saul, amava a Davi. Contaram-no a Saul, e isso lhe agradou. 21 Disse Saul: Eu lha darei, para que ela lhe sirva de laço e para que a mão dos filisteus venha a ser contra ele. Pelo que Saul disse a Davi: Com esta segunda serás, hoje, meu genro. 22 Ordenou Saul aos seus servos: Falai confidencialmente a Davi, dizendo: Eis que o rei tem afeição por ti, e todos os seus servos te amam; consente, pois, em ser genro do rei. 23 Os servos de Saul falaram estas palavras a Davi, o qual respondeu: Parece-vos coisa de somenos ser genro do rei, sendo eu homem pobre e de humilde condição? 24 Os servos de Saul lhe referiram isto, dizendo: Tais foram as palavras que falou Davi. 25 Então, disse Saul: Assim direis a Davi: O rei não deseja dote algum, mas cem prepúcios de filisteus, para tomar vingança dos inimigos do rei. Porquanto Saul tentava fazer cair a Davi pelas mãos dos filisteus. 26 Tendo os servos de Saul referido estas palavras a Davi, agradou-se este de que viesse a ser genro do rei. Antes de vencido o prazo, 27 dispôs-se Davi e partiu com os seus homens, e feriram dentre os filisteus duzentos homens; trouxe os seus prepúcios e os entregou todos ao rei, para que lhe fosse genro. Então, Saul lhe deu por mulher a sua filha Mical. 28 Viu Saul e reconheceu que o Senhor era com Davi; e Mical, filha de Saul, o amava. 29 Então, Saul temeu ainda mais a Davi e continuamente foi seu inimigo.
30 Cada vez que os príncipes dos filisteus saíam à batalha, Davi lograva mais êxito do que todos os servos de Saul; portanto, o seu nome se tornou muito estimado.
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father' house.
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul' servants.
6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul' hand.
11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
15 Why when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you to wife: only be you valiant for me, and fight the LORD' battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.
18 And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father' family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul' daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
20 And Michal Saul' daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Why Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son in law in the one of the two.
22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king' son in law.
23 And Saul' servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be a king' son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
25 And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king' enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king' son in law: and the days were not expired.
27 Why David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king' son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul' daughter loved him.
29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David' enemy continually.
30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.