18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his dress, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
18:5 And David went forth; whithersoever Saul sent him he prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambours, with joy, and with triangles.
18:7 And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and [what] is there more for him but the kingdom?
18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
18:10 And it came to pass the next day that an evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, but David played with his hand, as on other days; and the spear was in Saul's hand.
18:11 And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smiteDavid and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.
18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and had departed from Saul.
18:13 And Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
18:18 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?
18:19 And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.
18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servantslove thee: now therefore be the king's son- in-law.
18:23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
18:24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.
18:26 And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,
18:27 when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they delivered them in full to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
18:30 And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David succeeded better than all the servants of Saul; and his name was much esteemed.
