1 Tendo Davi acabado de falar com Saul, ligou-se a alma de Jônatas com a de Davi, e Jônatas amou-o como a si mesmo.2 Naquele dia Saul o tomou, e não lhe permitiu que tornasse para a casa de seu pai.3 Jônatas e Davi fizeram aliança, porque Jônatas o amava como a si mesmo.4 Despojou-se Jônatas da capa de que estava vestido, e deu-a a Davi, e bem assim a sua armadura, incluindo a sua espada, o seu arco e o seu cinto.5 Saiu Davi aonde quer que Saul o enviava, e conduzia-se com prudência; Saul deu-lhe o mando sobre a gente de guerra, e isso pareceu bem a todo o povo e também aos servos de Saul.6 Ao virem eles, na ocasião da volta de Davi, depois de morto o filisteu, as mulheres saíram de todas as cidades de Israel, cantando e dançando, ao encontro do rei Saul, com tambores, com alegria e com instrumentos de música.7 As mulheres, tangendo, respondiam umas as outras: Saul matou os seus milhares, E Davi, as suas dezenas de milhares.8 Saul irou-se em extremo, e desagradou-lhe este incidente. Ele disse: A Davi elas deram dez milhares, e a mim milhares. Que lhe falta senão só o reino?9 Daquele dia em diante não via Saul a Davi com bons olhos.10 Ao outro dia o espírito maligno, enviado de Deus, apoderou-se de Saul, e profetizava dentro da casa; e Davi tocava a harpa com a sua mão, como o fazia todos os dias. Saul tinha na mão a sua lança,11 que arrojou, dizendo: Traspassarei a Davi contra a parede. Davi, porém, desviou-se de diante dele por duas vezes.12 Saul temia a Davi, porque Jeová era com Davi, e se tinha retirado dele.13 Por isso Saul o afastou de si, e o fez comandante de mil homens. Ele saía e entrava diante do povo.14 Davi conduzia-se com prudência em todos os caminhos, e Jeová era com ele.15 Vendo Saul que ele se conduzia com muita prudência, tinha medo dele.16 Mas todo o Israel e Judá amavam a Davi, porque saía e entrava diante deles.17 Disse Saul a Davi: Eis aqui Merabe, minha filha mais velha, que te darei por mulher; contanto que sejas homem de valor, e pelejes as batalhas de Jeová. Pois Saul dizia consigo: Não seja a minha mão contra ele, mas sim a dos filisteus.18 Respondeu Davi a Saul: Quem sou eu, e qual é a minha vida ou a família de meu pai em Israel, para vir a ser genro do rei?19 Mas, tendo chegado o tempo em que Merabe, filha de Saul, devia ser dada a Davi, foi ela dada por mulher a Adriel, meolotita.20 Mical, 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 seja contra ele. Pelo que disse Saul a Davi: Pela segunda vez virás hoje a ser meu genro.22 Ordenou Saul aos seus servos: Falai em segredo a Davi: Eis que tu estás no agrado do rei, e todos os seus servos te amam; agora consente em ser genro do rei.23 Os servos de Saul falaram estas palavras aos ouvidos de Davi, que respondeu: Parece-vos pouca coisa ser genro do rei, sendo eu pobre e de nenhuma valia?24 Os servos de Saul lhe referiram isto, dizendo: Desta maneira falou Davi.25 Então disse Saul: Assim direis a Davi: O rei não deseja dote, mas cem prepúcios de filisteus, para tomar vingança dos inimigos do rei. Ora Saul pensava em fazer Davi cair por mão dos filisteus.26 Tendo os servos de Saul referido estas palavras a Davi, agradou-lhe tornar-se genro do rei. Antes de se terem expirado os dias,27 levantou-se Davi e partiu, ele e seus homens, e matou dentre os filisteus duzentos homens; trouxe os prepúcios deles, e deu-os em número completo ao rei, para ser seu genro. Saul deu-lhe por mulher sua filha Mical.28 Viu Saul, e conheceu que Jeová era com Davi; e Mical, filha de Saul, também o amava.29 Saul temia ainda mais a Davi, e continuamente se fazia seu inimigo.30 Saíram os régulos dos filisteus à campanha; e sempre que saíam, conduzia-se Davi com mais prudência do que todos os servos de Saul; e o seu nome tornou-se muito querido.

1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, 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 not let him return to his father's house.3 And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul.4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the coat with which he was clothed, and gave it to David, and the rest of his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.5 And David went out to whatsoever business Saul sent him, and he behaved himself prudently: and Saul set him over the soldiers, and he was acceptable in the eyes of all the people, and especially in the eyes of Saul's servants.6 Now when David returned, after be slew the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels of joy, and cornets.7 And the women sung as they played, and they said: I Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.8 And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given but a thousand; what can he have more but the kingdom?9 And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward.10 And the day after the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand as at other times. And Saul held a spear in his hand,11 And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.12 And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from himself.13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him a captain over a thousand men, and he went out and came in before the people.14 And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.15 And Saul saw that he was exceeding prudent, and began to beware of him.16 But all Israel and Juda loved David, for he came in and went out before them.17 And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.18 And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?19 And it came to pass at the time when Merob the daughter of Saul should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel the Molathite to wife.20 But Michol the other daughter of Saul loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.21 And Saul said: I will give her to him, that she may be a stumblingblock to him, and that the band of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David: In two things thou shalt be my son in law this day.22 And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: Behold thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king's son in law.23 And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ears of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.25 And Saul said: Speak thus to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines.26 And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king's son in law.27 And after a few days David rose up, and went with the men that were under him, and he slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and brought their foreskins and numbered them out to the king, that he might be his son in law. Saul therefore gave him Michol his daughter to wife.28 And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol the daughter of Saul loved him.29 And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became David's enemy continually.30 And the princes of the Philistines went forth: and from the beginning of their going forth, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, and his name became very famous.