1 Samuel 18
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1 Samuel 18:1-9

1And it came to pass, when he had made an endH3615 of speakingH1696 unto SaulH7586, that the soulH5315 of JonathanH3083 wasH1961 knit with the soulH5315 of DavidH1732, and JonathanH3083 lovedH157 him as his own soulH5315. 2And SaulH7586 tookH3947 him that dayH3117, and would let him goH7725 no more home to his father’sH1 houseH1004. 3Then JonathanH3083 and DavidH1732 madeH3772 a covenantH1285, because he loved him as his ownH5315 soulH5315. 4And JonathanH3083 strippedH6584 himself of the robeH4598 that was upon him, and gaveH5414 it to DavidH1732, and his apparel, even to his swordH2719, and to his bowH7198, and to his girdle. 5And DavidH1732 wentH3318 out whithersoever SaulH7586 sentH7971 him, and behaved himself wisely: and SaulH7586 setH7760 him over the menH376 of warH4421, and it was goodH3190 in the sight of all the peopleH5971, and alsoH1571 in the sight of Saul’s servantsH5650.

6And it cameH935 to pass as they cameH935, when DavidH1732 returnedH7725 from the slaughter of the PhilistineH6430, that the womenH802 cameH935 out of all the citiesH5892 of IsraelH3478, singingH7891 and dancingH4246, to meetH7122 kingH4428 SaulH7586, with timbrels, with joyH8057, and with instruments of music. 7And the womenH802 sang one to another as they playedH7832, and saidH559,

SaulH7586 hath slain his thousandsH505,And DavidH1732 his tenH7233 thousandsH505.

8And SaulH7586 was veryH3966 wroth, and this sayingH559 displeased him; and he saidH559, They have ascribed unto DavidH1732 tenH7233 thousandsH505, and to me they have ascribed but thousandsH505: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9And SaulH7586 eyed DavidH1732 from that dayH3117 and forward.

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