New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Samuel 18:22-28

22Then Saulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586commandedוַיְצַ֨וvay.TzavH6680his servantsעֲבָדָ֗יו'a.va.DavH5650, “Speakדַּבְּר֨וּda.be.RuH1696to Davidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732secretlyבַּלָּט֙ba.LatH3909,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, ‘Beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009,the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428delightsחָפֵ֤ץcha.FetzH2654in you, and allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605his servantsעֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.DavH5650loveאֲהֵב֑וּךָ'a.he.Vu.khaH157you; nowוְעַתָּ֖הve.'a.TahH6258therefore, becomeH2859the king’sבַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ba.Me.lekhH4428son-in-lawH2859.’”

23So Saul’sשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586servantsעַבְדֵ֤י'av.DeiH5650spokeוַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּvay.da.be.RuH1696theseהָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697to Davidדָוִ֔דda.VidH1732.But Davidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Is it trivialהַֽנְקַלָּ֤הhan.ka.LahH7043in your sightבְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ve.'ei.nei.KhemH5869to becomeH2859the king’sבַּמֶּ֔לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428son-in-lawH2859,since I amH7326a poorרָ֥שׁrashH7326manאִֽישׁ־'ish-H376and lightlyוְנִקְלֶֽה׃ve.nik.LehH7034esteemedH7034?”

24The servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650of Saulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586reportedוַיַּגִּ֜דוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046to himaccording to theseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsכַּדְּבָרִ֥יםka.de.va.RimH1697whichDavidדָּוִֽד׃ פda.VidH1732spokeדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696.

25Saulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586then saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541you shall sayתֹאמְר֣וּto.me.RuH559to Davidלְדָוִ֗דle.da.VidH1732, ‘The kingלַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙la.Me.lekhH4428does not desireחֵ֤פֶץChe.fetzH2656anydowryבְּמֹ֔הַרbe.Mo.harH4119exceptכִּ֗יKiH3588a hundredבְּמֵאָה֙be.me.'AhH3967foreskinsעָרְל֣וֹתa.re.LotH6190of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430,to takeH5358vengeanceH5358on the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428enemiesH340.’” NowSaulוְשָׁא֣וּלve.sha.'UlH7586plannedחָשַׁ֔בcha.ShavH2803to make Davidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732fallלְהַפִּ֥ילle.ha.PilH5307by the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃pe.lish.TimH6430.

26When his servantsעֲבָדָ֤יו'a.va.DavH5650toldוַיַּגִּ֨דוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Davidלְדָוִד֙le.da.VidH1732theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsH1697,it pleasedוַיִּשַׁ֤ר בְּעֵינֵ֣יvai.yi.Shar be.'ei.NeiH3474 H5869Davidדָוִ֔דda.VidH1732to becomeH2859the king’sבַּמֶּ֑לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428son-in-lawH2859.Before the daysהַיָּמִֽים׃hai.ya.MimH3117had expiredמָלְא֖וּmal.'UH4390

27Davidדָּוִ֜דda.VidH1732roseוַיָּ֨קָםvai.Ya.komH6965up and wentוַיֵּ֣לֶךְ׀vai.Ye.lekhH1980,he and his menאִישׁ֒'ishH376,and struckH5221downוַיַּ֣ךְvai.YakhH5221two hundredמָאתַ֣יִםma.Ta.yimH3967menH376among the Philistinesבַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים֮ba.pe.lish.TimH6430. ThenDavidדָוִד֙da.VidH1732broughtוַיָּבֵ֤אvai.ya.Ve'H935their foreskinsעָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם'a.re.Lo.tei.HemH6190,and they gaveH4390them in fullוַיְמַלְא֣וּםvay.mal.'UmH4390number to the kingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428,that he might becomeH2859the king’sבַּמֶּ֑לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428son-in-lawH2859.So Saulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586gaveוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414him Michalמִיכַ֥לmi.KhalH4324his daughterבִּתּ֖וֹbi.ToH1323for a wifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃ סle.'i.ShahH802.

28When Saulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586sawוַיַּ֤רְאvai.Yar'H7200and knewוַיֵּ֔דַעvai.Ye.da'H3045that the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068was with Davidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732, and thatMichalוּמִיכַ֥לu.mi.KhalH4324,Saul’sשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586daughterבַּת־bat-H1323,lovedאֲהֵבַֽתְהוּ׃'a.he.Vat.huH157him,

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