1 Samuel 18
1 and to be like/as to end: finish he to/for to speak: speak to(wards) Saul and soul Jonathan to conspire in/on/with soul David (and to love: lover him *Q(k)*) Jonathan like/as soul his
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
2 and to take: take him Saul in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and not to give: allow him to/for to return: return house: household father his
And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
3 and to cut: make(covenant) Jonathan and David covenant in/on/with love his [obj] him like/as soul his
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
4 and to strip Jonathan [obj] [the] robe which upon him and to give: give him to/for David and garment his and till sword his and till bow his and till belt his
And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
5 and to come out: come David in/on/with all which to send: depart him Saul be prudent and to set: appoint him Saul upon human [the] battle and be good in/on/with eye: seeing all [the] people and also in/on/with eye: seeing servant/slave Saul
So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
6 and to be in/on/with to come (in): come they in/on/with to return: return David from to smite [obj] [the] Philistine and to come out: come [the] woman from all city Israel (to/for to sing *Q(k)*) and [the] dance to/for to encounter: meet Saul [the] king in/on/with tambourine in/on/with joy and in/on/with triangle
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
7 and to sing [the] woman [the] to laugh and to say to smite Saul (in/on/with thousand his *Q(K)*) and David in/on/with myriad his
And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
8 and to be incensed to/for Saul much and be evil in/on/with eye: appearance his [the] word: speaking [the] this and to say to give: give to/for David myriad and to/for me to give: give [the] thousand and still to/for him surely [the] kingship
And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
9 and to be Saul (to watch *Q(K)*) [obj] David from [the] day [the] he/she/it and further
And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
10 and to be from morrow and to rush spirit God bad: harmful to(wards) Saul and to prophesy in/on/with midst [the] house: home and David to play in/on/with hand his like/as day: daily in/on/with day: daily and [the] spear in/on/with hand Saul
The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
11 and to cast Saul [obj] [the] spear and to say to smite in/on/with David and in/on/with wall and to turn: turn David from face: before his beat
and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
12 and to fear Saul from to/for face of David for to be LORD with him and from from with Saul to turn aside: depart
So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
13 and to turn aside: remove him Saul from from with him and to set: make him to/for him ruler thousand and to come out: come and to come (in): come to/for face: before [the] people
Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
14 and to be David to/for all (way: conduct his *Q(K)*) be prudent and LORD with him
and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
15 and to see: see Saul which he/she/it be prudent much and to dread from face of his
When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.
16 and all Israel and Judah to love: lover [obj] David for he/she/it to come out: come and to come (in): come to/for face: before their
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
17 and to say Saul to(wards) David behold daughter my [the] great: old Merab [obj] her to give: give(marriage) to/for you to/for woman: wife surely to be to/for me to/for son: warrior strength and to fight battle LORD and Saul to say not to be hand: power my in/on/with him and to be in/on/with him hand: power Philistine
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
18 and to say David to(wards) Saul who? I and who? kinsfolk my family father my in/on/with Israel for to be son-in-law to/for king
And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
19 and to be in/on/with time to give: give(marriage) [obj] Merab daughter Saul to/for David and he/she/it to give: give(marriage) to/for Adriel [the] Meholathite to/for woman: wife
So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
20 and to love: lover Michal daughter Saul [obj] David and to tell to/for Saul and to smooth [the] word: thing in/on/with eye: appearance his
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
21 and to say Saul to give: give her to/for him and to be to/for him to/for snare and to be in/on/with him hand: power Philistine and to say Saul to(wards) David in/on/with two be related in/on/with me [the] day: today
“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
22 and to command Saul [obj] (servant/slave his *Q(K)*) to speak: speak to(wards) David in/on/with secrecy to/for to say behold to delight in in/on/with you [the] king and all servant/slave his to love: lover you and now be related in/on/with king
Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
23 and to speak: speak servant/slave Saul in/on/with ear: to ears David [obj] [the] word [the] these and to say David to lighten in/on/with eye: appearance your be related in/on/with king and I man be poor and to dishonor
But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
24 and to tell servant/slave Saul to/for him to/for to say like/as word: thing [the] these to speak: speak David
And the servants told Saul what David had said.
25 and to say Saul thus to say to/for David nothing pleasure to/for king in/on/with brideprice for in/on/with hundred foreskin Philistine to/for to avenge in/on/with enemy [the] king and Saul to devise: devise to/for to fall: kill [obj] David in/on/with hand: power Philistine
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
26 and to tell servant/slave his to/for David [obj] [the] word [the] these and to smooth [the] word in/on/with eye: appearance David to/for be related in/on/with king and not to fill [the] day
When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
27 and to arise: rise David and to go: went he/she/it and human his and to smite in/on/with Philistine hundred man and to come (in): bring David [obj] foreskin their and to fill them to/for king to/for be related in/on/with king and to give: give(marriage) to/for him Saul [obj] Michal daughter his to/for woman: wife
David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
28 and to see: see Saul and to know for LORD with David and Michal daughter Saul to love: lover him
When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
29 and to add Saul to/for to fear from face of David still and to be Saul enemy [obj] David all [the] day: daily
he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
30 and to come out: come ruler Philistine and to be from sufficiency to come out: come they be prudent David from all servant/slave Saul and be precious name his much
Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
