1 Samuel 18 ~ 20

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18:1Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan became knit with the soul of David; and Jonathan loved him like his own soul. Compare
18:2And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house. Compare
18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him like his own soul. Compare
18:4And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and he gave it to David, as well as his armor and even his sword and his bow and his belt. Compare
18:5And David went forth; on every mission that Saul sent him he acted prudently. Therefore Saul set him over the men of battle, and it was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants. Compare
18:6But when the men came home, as David returned from striking the Philistines, the women came out of all the towns of Israel singing and dancing to meet Saul the king, with tambourines and joyful songs and stringed instruments. Compare
18:7And the women sang to one another as they played, and they said, Saul has struck down his thousands; / But David, his ten thousands. Compare
18:8And Saul was very angry, for this saying displeased him. And he said, They ascribe ten thousands to David, but to me they ascribe only thousands. And what more can he have except the kingdom? Compare
18:9So Saul eyed David from that day on. Compare
18:10Then on the next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul; and he prophesied in the midst of the house while David played the lyre by hand, as he had day by day. And the spear was in Saul's hand. Compare
18:11Then Saul threw the spear; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall. But David fled from him twice. Compare
18:12And Saul was afraid of David, for Jehovah was with him and had departed from Saul. Compare
18:13So Saul removed him from being with him and made him the captain of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people. Compare
18:14And David acted prudently in all his campaigns, and Jehovah was with him. Compare
18:15And when Saul saw that he acted very prudently, he stood in awe of him. Compare
18:16And all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them. Compare
18:17And Saul said to David, See, my oldest daughter Merab I will give to you as wife; only be valiant for me and fight Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. Compare
18:18And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be a son-in-law to the king? Compare
18:19But at the time when Merab the daughter of Saul was to be given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife. Compare
18:20Now Michal the daughter of Saul loved David, and it was told Saul; and the matter pleased him. Compare
18:21And 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 upon him. Therefore Saul said to David, For the second time, you may be my son-in-law today. Compare
18:22Then Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David privately, saying, See, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. So now become the king's son-in-law. Compare
18:23And Saul's servants spoke these words in David's ears. And David said, Is it such a light thing in your sight for me to become a son-in-law to the king, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed? Compare
18:24And Saul's servants told him, saying, This is what David said. Compare
18:25Then Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king has no desire for a dowry but for a hundred Philistine foreskins, that he may be avenged of the king's enemies. For Saul planned to have David fall by the hand of the Philistines. Compare
18:26So when his servants told David these things, David was pleased to become the king's son-in-law. And when the time had not yet expired, Compare
18:27David rose up and went, he and his men; and he struck down two hundred Philistine men. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife. Compare
18:28And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David. And Michal the daughter of Saul loved him. Compare
18:29And Saul was even more afraid of David, and Saul was David's enemy from then on. Compare
18:30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth; and as often as they went forth, David succeeded more than all the servants of Saul. So his name was very highly esteemed. Compare
19:1And Saul told Jonathan his son and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, took great delight in David. Compare
19:2And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father is seeking to kill you. Now therefore be on guard in the morning, and stay in some secret place, and hide yourself. Compare
19:3And I will go out and stand by my father's side in the field where you are. And I will speak about you to my father; and if I learn anything, I will tell you. Compare
19:4So Jonathan spoke well about David to Saul his father and said to him, May the king not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good for you. Compare
19:5For he risked his life when he struck down the Philistine, and Jehovah accomplished a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by having David killed without cause? Compare
19:6And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, As Jehovah lives, he shall not be put to death. Compare
19:7Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before. Compare
19:8And there was war again. And David went out and fought against the Philistines. And he struck them with a great slaughter, and they fled from before him. Compare
19:9Then there came an evil spirit from Jehovah upon Saul, and he sat in his house with his spear in his hand while David played the lyre by hand. Compare
19:10And Saul sought to strike David even to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul's presence. And Saul struck the wall with his spear, but David fled and escaped that night. Compare
19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him and kill him in the morning. And Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, in the morning you will be killed. Compare
19:12So Michal let David down through the window, and he went away and fled and escaped. Compare
19:13Then Michal took the teraphim and laid it in the bed. And she put a net of goats' hair on its head and covered it with clothing. Compare
19:14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. Compare
19:15And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me on his bed that I may kill him. Compare
19:16And when the messengers went in, there was the teraphim in the bed with a net of goats' hair on its head. Compare
19:17Then Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go so that he has slipped away? And Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you? Compare
19:18So David fled and slipped away and came to Samuel at Ramah, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt at Naioth. Compare
19:19Then it was told Saul, saying, David is now at Naioth in Ramah. Compare
19:20So Saul sent messengers to seize David; and when they saw the company of prophets prophesying and Samuel standing and presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon Saul's messengers, and they also prophesied. Compare
19:21And it was told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul again sent messengers the third time, and they also prophesied. Compare
19:22Then he himself went to Ramah. And he came to the great well that is in Secu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And someone said, They are now at Naioth in Ramah. Compare
19:23So he went there, toward Naioth in Ramah. And the Spirit of God came upon him as well, and he went on and prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah. Compare
19:24And he also stripped off his clothes and also prophesied before Samuel, and he lay naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? Compare
20:1Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said to Jonathan, What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life? Compare
20:2And he said to him, Far from it! You shall not die. My father does nothing great or small that he does not disclose to me. So why should my father hide this matter from me? Such would not happen. Compare
20:3Then David swore again and said, Your father fully knows that I have found favor in your sight; so he says, Do not let Jonathan know about this; otherwise, he will be grieved. But truly as Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death. Compare
20:4And Jonathan said to David, Whatever you say, I will do for you. Compare
20:5And David said to Jonathan, It is the new moon tomorrow, and I am to sit with the king at the meal. But let me go, and I will hide myself in the field until the following evening. Compare
20:6If your father misses me at all, you shall say, David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all his family. Compare
20:7If he says in this way, Fine; then your servant will have peace. But if he becomes angry at all, know that evil has been determined by him. Compare
20:8Deal kindly then with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Jehovah with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, you kill me. Why then should you bring me to your father? Compare
20:9And Jonathan said, Far be it from you! For if I knew at all that evil has been determined by my father to come upon you, would I not tell it to you? Compare
20:10Then David said to Jonathan, Who will tell me whether or not your father has responded to you harshly? Compare
20:11And Jonathan said to David, Come and let us go out into the field. And they both went out into the field. Compare
20:12And Jonathan said to David, By Jehovah, the God of Israel: When I search out my father about this time tomorrow, or on the following day, and if he is good toward David, I will surely send word to you and disclose it to you. Compare
20:13May Jehovah do so to Jonathan, and even more, if it pleases my father to do you evil, and I do not disclose it to you and send you away to go in peace. And may Jehovah be with you as He was with my father. Compare
20:14And while I am still alive, do show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I may not die; Compare
20:15And never cut off your lovingkindness from my house, not even when Jehovah has cut off David's enemies to the man from the face of the earth. Compare
20:16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David's enemies. Compare
20:17And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Compare
20:18Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon; and you will be missed, for your seat will be empty. Compare
20:19And when you have waited three days, you shall go far down and come to the place where you hid yourself while all this was happening; and you shall remain at the stone Ezel. Compare
20:20And I will shoot three arrows to its side, as though I were shooting at a mark. Compare
20:21And just then I will send a boy, saying, Go; find the arrows. If I say to the boy, The arrows are there to this side of you; gather them; then come, for you have peace and there is no problem, as Jehovah lives. Compare
20:22But if I speak in this way to the young man, The arrows are there beyond you; then go, for Jehovah has sent you away. Compare
20:23And concerning this matter that I and you have spoken of, it is Jehovah who is between me and you forever. Compare
20:24So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon came, the king sat at the meal to eat. Compare
20:25And the king sat on his seat as at other times, on his seat near the wall; and Jonathan rose up, and Abner sat down beside Saul, but David's place was empty. Compare
20:26But Saul said nothing that day about it, for he thought, Something has happened to him; he is not clean; surely he is not clean. Compare
20:27And on the day after the new moon, the second day, David's place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has the son of Jesse come neither yesterday nor today to the meal? Compare
20:28And Jonathan answered Saul, David asked leave of me earnestly to go to Bethlehem. Compare
20:29And he said, Let me go, I beg you; for our family has a sacrifice in that city, and my brother commanded me to be there. So now if I have found favor in your sight, let me slip away to see my brothers. Therefore he has not come to the king's table. Compare
20:30And Saul's anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? Compare
20:31For as long as the son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now therefore send someone and bring him to me, for he is as good as dead. Compare
20:32And Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, Why must he be put to death? What has he done? Compare
20:33But Saul threw his spear at him in order to strike him down. So Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death. Compare
20:34And Jonathan rose up from the table in burning anger and did not eat any food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved about David because his father had shamed him. Compare
20:35Then in the morning Jonathan went forth to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him. Compare
20:36And he said to his boy, Run and find the arrows that I am shooting. While the boy was running, he shot the arrow beyond him. Compare
20:37And when the boy came to the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called out after the boy and said, The arrow is there beyond you. Compare
20:38And Jonathan called out to the boy, Hurry up quickly; do not stay there. And Jonathan's boy gathered the arrows and came to his master. Compare
20:39And the boy knew nothing; only Jonathan and David knew the matter. Compare
20:40Then Jonathan gave his equipment to his boy and said to him, Go; bring them to the city. Compare
20:41And when the boy went, David rose up from his hiding place toward the south and fell on his face to the ground; and he bowed himself three times. And they kissed each other; and they wept for each other, but David more greatly. Compare
20:42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, because both of us have sworn in the name of Jehovah, saying, May Jehovah be between me and you and between my seed and your seed forever. Then David rose up and left, and Jonathan went into the city. Compare

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