1 Samuel 18
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1 Samuel 18:22-30

22Then SaulH7586 commandedH6680 his servantsH5650, “SpeakH1696 to DavidH1732 secretlyH3909, sayingH559, ‘BeholdH2009, the kingH4428 delightsH2654 in you, and allH3605 his servantsH5650 loveH157 you; nowH6258 therefore, becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859.’” 23So Saul’sH7586 servantsH5650 spokeH1696 theseH428 wordsH1697 1to DavidH1732. But DavidH1732 saidH559, “Is it trivialH7043 in your sightH5869 to becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859, 2since I amH7326 a poorH7326 manH376 and lightlyH7034 esteemedH7034?” 24The servantsH5650 of SaulH7586 reportedH5046 to him 3according to theseH428 wordsH1697 which DavidH1732 spokeH1696. 25SaulH7586 then saidH559, “ThusH3541 you shall sayH559 to DavidH1732, ‘The kingH4428 does not desireH2656 any 4dowryH4119 exceptH3588 a hundredH3967 foreskinsH6190 of the PhilistinesH6430, 5to takeH5358 vengeanceH5358 on the king’sH4428 enemiesH340.’” Now 6SaulH7586 plannedH2803 to make DavidH1732 fallH5307 by the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430. 26When his servantsH5650 toldH5046 DavidH1732 theseH428 wordsH1697, 7it pleasedH3474H5869 DavidH1732 to becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859. 89Before the daysH3117 had expiredH4390 27DavidH1732 roseH6965 up and wentH1980, 10he and his menH376, and struckH5221 downH5221 two hundredH3967 menH376 among the PhilistinesH6430. Then 11DavidH1732 broughtH935 their foreskinsH6190, and they gaveH4390 them in fullH4390 number to the kingH4428, that he might becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859. So SaulH7586 gaveH5414 him MichalH4324 his daughterH1323 for a wifeH802. 28When SaulH7586 sawH7200 and knewH3045 that the LordH3068 was with DavidH1732, and that MichalH4324, Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323, lovedH157 him, 29then SaulH7586 was evenH3254 moreH3254H5750 afraidH3372 of DavidH1732. Thus SaulH7586 was David’sH1732 enemyH340 continuallyH3605H3117.

30Then the commandersH8269 of the PhilistinesH6430 12wentH3318 out to battle, and it happenedH1961 as oftenH1767 as they wentH3318 out, that DavidH1732 13behavedH7919 himself moreH4480 wiselyH7919 thanH4480 allH3605 the servantsH5650 of SaulH7586. So his nameH8034 was highlyH3966 esteemedH3365.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 18:23 Lit in the ears of ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 18:23 Gen 29:20; 34:12 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 18:24 Lit by saying according ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 18:25 Gen 34:12; Ex 22:17 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 18:25 1 Sam 14:24 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 18:25 1 Sam 18:17 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 18:26 Lit it was agreeable in the sight of ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 18:26 Lit And the days had not expired ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 18:26 1 Sam 18:21 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 18:27 1 Sam 18:17 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Samuel 18:27 2 Sam 3:14 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Samuel 18:30 2 Sam 11:1 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Samuel 18:30 1 Sam 18:5 ↩

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