1 Samuel 18
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1 Samuel 18:22-30

22Then SaulH7586 commandedH6680 his servantsH5650, “SpeakH1696 to DavidH1732 in secretH3909, sayingH559, ‘BeholdH2009, the kingH4428 delightsH2654 in you, and allH3605 his servantsH5650 loveH157 you; nowH6258 then, becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859.’” 23So Saul’sH7586 servantsH5650 spokeH1696 theseH428 wordsH1697 1to DavidH1732. But DavidH1732 saidH559, “IsH7043 it trivialH7043 in your sightH5869 to becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859, 2since I amH7326 only a poorH7326 manH376 and insignificantH7034?” 24Then Saul’sH7586 servantsH5650 reportedH5046 to him, saying, “3TheseH428 are the wordsH1697 DavidH1732 spokeH1696.” 25SaulH7586 then saidH559, “ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 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.’” But 6SaulH7586 plottedH2803 to have 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. So 89before the timeH3117 had expiredH4390, 27DavidH1732 setH6965 outH6965 and wentH1980, 10he and his menH376, and fatallyH5221 struckH5221 two hundredH3967 menH376 among the PhilistinesH6430. Then 11DavidH1732 broughtH935 their foreskinsH6190, and they presentedH4390 allH4390 two hundred of them to the kingH4428, so that he might becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859. And SaulH7586 gaveH5414 him his daughterH1323 MichalH4324 as a wifeH802. 28When SaulH7586 sawH7200 and realizedH3045 that the LordH3068 was with DavidH1732, and that MichalH4324, Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323, lovedH157 him, 29then SaulH7586 wasH3372 evenH5750 moreH3254 afraidH3372 of DavidH1732. So SaulH7586 was David’sH1732 enemyH340 continuallyH3605H3117.

30Then the commandersH8269 of the PhilistinesH6430 12wentH3318 to battle, and it happenedH1961 as oftenH1767 as they wentH3318 outH3318, that DavidH1732 13wasH7919 moreH4480 14successfulH7919 thanH4480 allH3605 the servantsH5650 of SaulH7586. So his nameH8034 was heldH3365 in highH3966 esteemH3365.

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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 According to these words David ↩
  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 the thing was pleasing in the sight of ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 18:26 Lit the days were not fulfilled, and ↩
  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 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Samuel 18:30 Or wise ↩

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