1 When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David with his clothing, even including his sword, his bow, and his sash.
5 David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war. It was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
6 As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7 The women sang to one another as they played, and said,
"Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands."
8 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, "They have credited David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?" 9 Saul watched David from that day and forward. 10 On the next day, an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house. David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand; 11 and Saul threw the spear, for he said, "I will pin David to the wall!" David escaped from his presence twice. 12 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him. 15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them. 17 Saul said to David, "Behold, my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh’s battles." For Saul said, "Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him."
18 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 But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
20 Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, "You shall today be my son-in-law."
22 Saul commanded his servants, "Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’"
23 Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, "Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and little known?"
24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, "David spoke like this."
25 Saul said, "Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’" Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline, 27 David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife. 28 Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him. 29 Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.
30 Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.
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.