1 E sucedeu que, quando ele terminou de falar a Saul, a alma de Jônatas foi unida à alma de Davi, e Jônatas o amou como a sua própria alma.
2 E Saul o tomou naquele dia, e não mais quis deixá-lo ir para a casa do seu pai.
3 Então Jônatas e Davi fizeram um pacto, porque ele o amou como a sua própria alma.
4 E Jônatas retirou de si a capa que estava sobre si, e a deu a Davi, e também as suas vestes, até a sua espada, e o seu arco, e o seu cinto.
5 E Davi saía para onde quer que Saul o enviasse, e se portava com sabedoria; e Saul o colocou sobre os homens de guerra, e ele era aceito à vista de todo o povo, bem como à vista dos servos de Saul.
6 E sucedeu que, quando eles vinham, quando Davi retornou do combate ao filisteu, as mulheres saíram de todas as cidades de Israel, cantando e dançando, para encontrarem o rei Saul, com tamboretes, com alegria, e com instrumentos de música.
7 E as mulheres respondiam umas às outras enquanto tocavam, e diziam: Saul matou os seus milhares, e Davi os seus dez milhares.
8 E Saul ficou muito nervoso, e as palavras o desagradaram; e ele disse: Elas atribuíram a Davi dez milhares, e a mim elas atribuíram somente milhares; e o que mais pode ele ter além do reino?
9 E Saul ficou de olho em Davi daquele dia em diante.
10 E sucedeu pela manhã que o espírito maligno da parte de Deus veio sobre Saul, e ele profetizou no meio da casa; e Davi tocou com a sua mão a harpa, como das outras vezes; e havia um dardo na mão de Saul.
11 E Saul arremessou o dardo; pois disse: Ferirei Davi até a parede com isso. E Davi fugiu duas vezes da sua presença.
12 E Saul tinha medo de Davi, porque o SENHOR estava com ele, e havia se retirado de Saul.
13 Por isso Saul o removeu de si, e fê-lo capitão sobre mil, ele saía e entrava diante do povo.
14 E Davi se portava com sabedoria em todos os seus caminhos; e o SENHOR estava com ele.
15 Por isso, quando Saul via que ele se portava com muita sabedoria, ele o temia.
16 Porém, todo o Israel e Judá amavam Davi, porque ele saía e entrava diante deles.
17 E Saul disse a Davi: Contempla a minha filha mais velha, Merabe; ela te darei por esposa; somente sejas tu valente para mim, e luta as batalhas do SENHOR. Pois Saul disse: Que a minha mão não esteja sobre ele, mas que esteja sobre ele a mão dos filisteus.
18 E Davi disse a Saul: Quem sou eu? E o que é a minha vida, ou a família do meu pai em Israel, para que eu venha a ser genro do rei?
19 Porém, sucedeu que, nos dias em que Merabe, a filha de Saul deveria ter sido entregue a Davi, ela foi dada a Adriel, o meolatita, por esposa.
20 E Mical, a filha de Saul, amava Davi; e contaram a Saul, e aquilo lhe agradou.
21 E Saul disse: Dá-la-ei a ele, para que ela lhe possa ser por laço, e para que a mão dos filisteus possa estar contra ele. Por isso, Saul disse a Davi: Tu serás, neste dia, meu genro com uma das duas.
22 E Saul ordenou aos seus servos, dizendo: Conversai com Davi secretamente, e dizei: Eis que o rei se agrada de ti, e todos os seus servos te amam; agora, portanto, sê tu genro do rei.
23 E os servos de Saul falaram aquelas palavras aos ouvidos de Davi. E Davi disse: Parece-vos coisa pouca ser genro do rei, ao veres que sou um homem pobre e pouco estimado?
24 E os servos de Saul lhe disseram, dizendo: Desse modo falou Davi.
25 E Saul disse: Assim direis a Davi: O rei não deseja qualquer dote, mas uma centena de prepúcios dos filisteus, para ser vingado dos inimigos do rei. Saul, porém, pensou em fazer Davi cair pelas mãos dos filisteus.
26 E, quando os seus servos contaram a Davi estas palavras, agradou muito a Davi ser genro do rei; porém ainda os dias não se haviam cumprido.
27 Porquanto Davi se levantou e foi, ele e os seus homens, e matou duas centenas de homens dos filisteus; e Davi trouxe os seus prepúcios, e entregou na totalidade ao rei, para que ele pudesse ser o genro do rei. E Saul lhe entregou Mical, a sua filha, por esposa.
28 E Saul viu e soube que o SENHOR estava com Davi, e que Mical, a filha de Saul, o amava.
29 E Saul ficou ainda mais temeroso de Davi; e Saul se tornou inimigo de Davi continuamente.
30 Então, os príncipes dos filisteus avançaram; e sucedia que, depois que avançaram, Davi se portava de forma mais sábia que todos os servos de Saul; de forma que o seu nome foi muito considerado.
1 And it happened when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as he did his own soul.
2 And Saul took him that day and would not let him go home to his father's house any more.
3 And Jonathan and David cut a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped off the robe [was] on him and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle.
5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, behaving himself wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
6 And it happened as they came in, as David returned from striking the Philistine, 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 as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
8 And Saul was very angry, and this thing was evil in his eyes. And he said, They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given [only] thousands. And what more can he have but the kingdom?
9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10 And it happened on the next day the evil spirit from God came on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house. And David played with his hand, as at other times. And a spear [was] in Saul's hand.
11 And Saul threw the spear. For he said, I will strike David even to the wall. And David drew back out of his presence twice.
12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him and had departed from Saul.
13 And Saul moved him away from himself, and made him his commander 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 And 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 I will give you my older daughter Merab for a wife. Only you be a brave son for me and fight the LORD's 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's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
19 And it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to be his wife.
20 And Saul's daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a trap to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. And Saul said to David a second time, Today you shall be my son-in-law.
22 And Saul commanded his servants, Talk with David secretly [and say], Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you. And now be the king's son-in-law.
23 And Saul's servants spoke these words in the ears of David. And David said, [Is it a] light [thing] to be a king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and of little worth?
24 And the servants of Saul told him saying, This is the way David spoke.
25 And Saul said, You shall say this to David, The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 And when his servants told David these words, it was right in the eyes of David to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not fulfilled.
27 And David arose and went forth, he and his men. And [they] killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king so that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.
28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD [was] with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
29 And Saul was still more afraid of David. And Saul became David's enemy continually.
30 And the rulers of the Philistines came out. And it happened as often as they came out, David acted more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was very precious.