1 Depois dessa conversa de Davi com Saul, surgiu tão grande amizade entre Jônatas e Davi que Jônatas tornou-se o seu melhor amigo.
2 Daquele dia em diante, Saul manteve Davi consigo e não o deixou voltar à casa de seu pai.
3 E Jônatas fez um acordo de amizade com Davi, pois se tornara o melhor amigo de Davi.
4 Jônatas tirou o manto que estava vestindo e deu-o a Davi, junto com sua túnica, e até sua espada, seu arco e seu cinturão.
5 Tudo que Saul lhe ordenava fazer, Davi fazia com tanta habilidade que Saul lhe deu um posto elevado no exército. Isto agradou a todo o povo, bem como aos conselheiros de Saul.
6 Quando os soldados voltavam para casa, depois de Davi ter matado 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.
7 Enquanto dançavam, as mulheres cantavam: "Saul matou milhares, e Davi, dezenas de milhares".
8 Saul 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? "
9 Daí em diante Saul olhava com inveja para Davi.
10 No dia seguinte, um espírito maligno mandado por Deus apoderou-se de Saul e ele entrou em transe profético em sua casa, enquanto Davi tocava harpa, como costumava fazer. Saul estava com uma lança na mão
11 e a atirou, dizendo: "Encravarei Davi na parede". Mas Davi desviou-se duas vezes.
12 Saul tinha medo de Davi porque o Senhor o havia abandonado e agora estava com Davi.
13 Então afastou Davi de sua presença e deu-lhe o comando de uma tropa de mil soldados, e Davi a conduzia em suas campanhas.
14 Ele tinha êxito em tudo o que fazia, pois o Senhor estava com ele.
15 Quando Saul como ele tinha habilidade, teve muito medo dele.
16 Todo Israel e Judá, porém, gostava de Davi, pois ele os conduzia em suas batalhas.
17 Saul 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! "
18 Mas 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? "
19 Por isso, quando chegou a época de Merabe, a filha de Saul, ser dada em casamento a Davi, ela foi dada a Adriel, de Meolá.
20 Mical, a outra filha de Saul, gostava de Davi. Quando disseram isto 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".
22 Então 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".
23 Quando falaram com Davi, ele disse: "Vocês acham que tornar-se genro do rei é fácil? Sou homem pobre e sem recursos".
24 Quando os conselheiros de Saul lhe contaram o que Davi tinha dito,
25 Saul 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.
26 Quando os conselheiros falaram novamente com Davi, ele gostou da idéia de tornar-se genro do rei. Por isso, antes de terminar o prazo estipulado,
27 Davi 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.
28 Quando Saul viu claramente que o Senhor estava com Davi e que sua filha Mical o amava,
29 temeu-o ainda mais e continuou seu inimigo pelo resto de sua vida.
30 Os 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 ele tornou-se ainda mais famoso.
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that, the soul of Jonathan, was knit with, the soul of David, so that Jonathan loved him, as his own soul.
2 And Saul took him, that day,and suffered him not to return unto the house of his father.
3 And Jonathan and David solemnised a covenant,because he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe which was upon him, and gave it to David,and his equipments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5 And David went forthwhithersoever Saul sent him, he behaved himself prudently, so Saul set him over the men of war,and he became a favourite in the eyes of all the people, yea even in the eyes of the servants of Saul.
6 But so it was, when they came in on the return of David from the smiting of the Philistine, that the women went forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet Saul the king,with timbrels, with rejoicing, and with instruments of three strings.
7 And the women that made merry responded to each other in song, and said,Saul, hath smitten, his thousands, but, David, his, tens of thousands.
8 Then was Saul exceeding angry, and this saying was offensive in his eyes, and he said,They have ascribed, to David, ten thousands, but, to me, have they ascribed thousands,What, more, then, can he have but, the kingdom?
9 And Saul was eyeing David from that day forward.
10 And, when it came to pass, on the morrow, that a superhuman spirit of sadness came suddenly upon Saul, and he was moved to raving in the midst of the house,and, David, began playing with his hand, as he had done day by day, that a spear being in Sauls hand,
11 Saul hurled the spear, and said to himselfI will smite David, even to the wall! But David moved round from before him, twice.
12 And Saul feared because of David,for Yahweh was with him, whereas, from Saul, he had departed.
13 So Saul removed him from him, and appointed him to be for him the captain of a thousand,and he went out and came in before the people.
14 And it came to pass that David, in all his ways, acted prudently,and, Yahweh, was with him.
15 And, when Saul saw that, he, was acting very prudently, he was afraid of him.
16 But, all Israel and Judah, were in love with David,for he was going out and coming in before them.
17 So then Saul said unto DavidLo! my elder daughter Merab, her, will I give thee to wife, only, approve thyself unto me as a son of valour and fight the battles of Yahweh. Saul, however, had said to himselfLet not, my own hand, be upon him, but let, the hand of the Philistines, be upon him.
18 And David said unto SaulWho am, I, or who are my kinsfolk, the family of my father, in Israel,that I should become son-in-law, to the king?
19 But it came to pass, within the time for giving Merab daughter of Saul to David, that, she, was given to Adriel the Meholathite, to wife.
20 Then did Michal, Sauls daughter, love David,and it was told Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes.
21 And Saul said to himselfI will give her unto him, that she may prove to him a snare, and that, the hand of the Philistines, may be upon him. So then Saul said unto David, A second time, mayest thou become my son-in-law to-day.
22 And Saul commanded his servantsSpeak ye unto David quietly saying, Lo! the king delighteth in thee, and, all his servants, love thee,now, therefore, become thou son-in-law to the king.
23 And the servants of Saul spake, in the ears of David, these words. And David saidSeemeth it a light thing, in your eyes, to become son-in-law to the king, seeing that, I, am a poor man and lightly esteemed?
24 So the servants of Saul told him, saying,According to these words, spake David,
25 Then said SaulThus, shall ye say unto DavidThe king hath no delight in purchase-price, but rather in a hundred foreskins of Philistines, by avenging himself on the enemies of the king. But, Saul, thought to let David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 So, when his servants told David these words, the thing was right in the eyes of David, to become son-in-law unto the king,and the days had not expired.
27 Wherefore David arose, and wenthe and his men, and smote among the Philistines two hundred men, and David brought in their foreskins, and gave them in full tale unto the king, that he might become son-in-law unto the king, and Saul gave him Michal his daughter, to wife.
28 And Saul saw and knew that, Yahweh, was with David, and that, all Israel, loved him.
29 So then Saul went on to fear because of David, yet more,and it came to pass that Saul was hostile to David, all the days.
30 And, when the princes of the Philistines came forth, so it was, that, as often as they came forth, David was more circumspect than any of the servants of Saul, so that his name was, precious exceedingly.