1 et factum est cum conplesset loqui ad Saul
anima Ionathan conligata est animae David
et dilexit eum Ionathan quasi animam suam
2 tulitque eum Saul in die illa
et non concessit ei ut reverteretur in domum patris sui
3 inierunt autem Ionathan et David foedus
diligebat enim eum quasi animam suam
4 nam expoliavit se Ionathan tunicam qua
erat vestitus
et dedit eam David
et reliqua vestimenta sua usque ad gladium et arcum suum et usque ad
balteum
5 egrediebatur quoque David ad omnia quaecumque misisset eum Saul
et prudenter se agebat
posuitque eum Saul super viros belli
et acceptus erat in oculis universi populi
maximeque in conspectu famulorum Saul
6 porro cum reverteretur percusso Philistheo David
egressae sunt mulieres de universis urbibus Israhel
cantantes chorosque ducentes
in occursum Saul regis in tympanis laetitiae et in sistris
7 et praecinebant mulieres ludentes atque dicentes
percussit Saul mille et David decem milia
8 iratus est autem Saul nimis
et displicuit in oculis eius iste sermo
dixitque dederunt David decem milia
et mihi dederunt mille
quid ei superest nisi solum regnum
9 non rectis ergo oculis Saul aspiciebat David
ex die illa et deinceps
10 post diem autem alteram invasit spiritus Dei malus
Saul
et prophetabat in medio domus suae
David autem psallebat manu sua sicut per singulos dies
tenebatque Saul lanceam
11 et misit eam
putans quod configere posset David cum pariete
et declinavit David a facie eius secundo
12 et timuit Saul David eo quod esset Dominus cum eo
et a se recessisset
13 amovit ergo eum Saul a se
et fecit eum tribunum super mille viros
et egrediebatur et intrabat in conspectu populi
14 in omnibus quoque viis suis David prudenter agebat
et Dominus erat cum eo
15 vidit itaque Saul quod prudens esset nimis et coepit cavere eum
16 omnis autem Israhel et Iuda diligebat David
ipse enim egrediebatur et ingrediebatur ante eos
17 dixit autem Saul ad David
ecce filia mea maior Merob ipsam dabo tibi uxorem
tantummodo esto vir fortis et proeliare bella Domini
Saul autem reputabat dicens non sit manus mea in eo
sed sit super illum manus Philisthinorum
18 ait autem David ad Saul
quis ego sum aut quae est vita mea aut cognatio patris mei in Israhel
ut fiam gener regis
19 factum est autem tempus
cum deberet dari Merob filia Saul David
data est Hadrihel Molathitae uxor
20 dilexit autem Michol filia Saul altera David
et nuntiatum est Saul et placuit ei
21 dixitque Saul dabo eam illi ut fiat ei in scandalum
et sit super eum manus Philisthinorum
dixit ergo Saul ad David
in duabus rebus gener meus eris hodie
22 et mandavit Saul servis suis loquimini ad David clam me dicentes
ecce places regi et omnes servi eius diligunt te
nunc ergo esto gener regis
23 et locuti sunt servi Saul in auribus David omnia verba haec
et ait David num parum vobis videtur generum esse regis
ego autem sum vir pauper et tenuis
24 et renuntiaverunt servi Saul dicentes
huiuscemodi verba locutus est David
25 dixit autem Saul sic loquimini ad David
non habet necesse rex sponsalia
nisi tantum centum praeputia Philisthinorum
ut fiat ultio de inimicis regis
porro Saul cogitabat tradere David in manibus
Philisthinorum
26 cumque renuntiassent servi eius David verba quae diximus
placuit sermo in oculis David ut fieret gener regis
27 et post dies paucos surgens David
abiit cum viris qui sub eo erant
et percussis Philisthim ducentis
viris
adtulit praeputia eorum
et adnumeravit ea regi ut esset gener eius
dedit itaque ei Saul Michol filiam suam uxorem
28 et vidit Saul et intellexit quia Dominus esset cum David
Michol autem filia Saul diligebat eum
29 et Saul magis coepit timere David
factusque est Saul inimicus David cunctis diebus
30 et egressi sunt principes Philisthinorum
a principio autem egressionis eorum
prudentius se gerebat David quam omnes servi Saul
et celebre factum est nomen eius nimis
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that 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 let him go no more home to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5 ¶ And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: 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.
6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand. 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it . And David avoided out of his presence twice.
12 ¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself 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, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. 18 And David said unto 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 came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. 20 And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 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 against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
22 ¶ And Saul commanded his servants, saying , Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law. 23 And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of 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, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired. 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
28 ¶ And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually. 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.