1 Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to 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 Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

4 And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his garments, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.

5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of Saul’s servants.

6 And it happened as they were coming, as David was returning from killing the Philistine, that the women came out from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of the triad.

7 And the women responded as they played, and said: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

8 And Saul was very furious, and the saying made his eyes quiver; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?

9 So Saul eyed David from that day forward.

10 And it happened on the next day that the evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; and there was a spear in Saul’s hand.

11 And Saul threw the spear, for he thought, I will strike David to the wall! But David turned away from his presence twice.

12 And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, but had departed from Saul.

13 Therefore Saul removed him from being with him, and made him his commander over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

14 And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and Jehovah was with him.

15 Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved 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, Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the battles of Jehovah. For Saul thought, Let my hand not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against 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 But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

20 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing was agreeable in his eyes.

21 And 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 be my son-in-law today.

22 And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delighted in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.

23 And Saul’s servants spoke those words in David’s ears. And David said, Is it a slight thing in your eyes to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing as how I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?

24 And the servants of Saul reported to him, saying, In this manner David has spoken.

25 And Saul said, Thus you shall say to David: The king does not desire any dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on 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, the thing was agreeable in David’s eyes, to become the king’s son-in-law. And the day had not ended;

27 therefore David rose up and went out, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.

28 Thus Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him;

29 and Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul was David’s enemy continually.

30 And the commanders of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became 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 tornasse 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 os seus vestidos, até a sua espada, e o seu arco, e o seu cinto, 5 E saía Davi aonde quer que Saul o enviava, e conduzia-se com prudência, e Saul o pôs sobre a gente 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 em danças, com adufes, com alegria, e com instrumentos de música.

7 E as mulheres tangendo, se respondiam umas às outras, e diziam: 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 ao outro dia que o mau espírito da parte de Deus se apoderou de Saul, e profetizava no meio da casa: e Davi tangia a harpa com a sua mão, como de dia em dia: 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 Pelo que Saul o desviou de si, e o pôs por chefe 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 Pelo que 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 se não haviam cumprido. 27 Então Davi se levantou, e partiu ele com os seus homens, e feriram dentre os filisteus duzentos homens, e Davi trouxe os seus prepúcios, e os entregaram 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, sucedeu que, saindo eles, Davi se conduziu mais prudentemente do que todos os servos de Saul: portanto o seu nome era mui estimado.