< 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
[And it came to pass when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David and David loved him ] [as his own soul. ]
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 Saul took him in that day, and did not suffer him to 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
[And Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul. ]
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 stripped himself of his ] [upper garment, and gave it to David, and his mantle and all he had upon him, even to his sword and to his bow, and to his girdle. ]
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
[And David went out withersoever Saul sent him, and ] [acted wisely, and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul. ]
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
And there came out women in dances to meet David out of all the cities of Israel, with timbrels, and with rejoicing, and with cymbals.
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 the women began [the strain], and said, Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten 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 it seemed evil in the eyes of Saul concerning this matter, and he said, To David they have given ten thousands, and to me they have given thousands. [And 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 Saul eyed David from that day and onward. ]
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
[And it came to pass on the morrow that an evil spirit from God fell upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David was playing on the harp with his hand, according to his daily custom. And Saul’s spear was in his hand. ]
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 Saul took his spear and said, I will strike David even to the wall. But David escaped twice from his presence. ]
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
And Saul was alarmed on account of David.
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
And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people.
14 and to be David to/for all (way: conduct his *Q(K)*) be prudent and LORD with him
And David was prudent in all his ways, and 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
And Saul saw that he was very wise, and 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
And all Israel and Juda loved David, because he came in and went out before the people.
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
[And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merob, I will give her to you to Wife, only be you to me a mighty man and fight the wars of the Lord. And Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon 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 the life of my father’s family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son—in-law? ]
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
[But it came to pass at the time when Merob Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Israel the Mothulathite to wife. ]
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
And Melchol the daughter of Saul loved David; and it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes.
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
And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.
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
And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak you privately to David, saying, Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you, and do you becomes the king's 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
And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, [Is it] a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? Whereas I [am] an humble man, an not honorable?
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 of Saul reported to him according to these words, which David spoke.
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
And Saul said, Thus shall you speak to David, The king wants no gift but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the kings enemies. Now Saul thought to cast him into 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
And the servants of Saul report these words to David, and David was well pleased to become the son-in-law to the king.
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
And David arose, and went, he and his men, and struck among the Philistines a hundred men: and he brought their foreskins, and he becomes the king's son-in-law, and [Saul] gives him Melchol his daughter to wife.
28 and to see: see Saul and to know for LORD with David and Michal daughter Saul to love: lover him
And Saul saw that the Lord [was] with David, and [that] all Israel loved him.
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
And he was yet more afraid of David.
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
[And the chief of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass that from the suficiency of their expedition David acted Wisely above all the servants of Saul; and his name was honored exceedingly. ]