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 made an end of speaking unto Saul, that, the soul of Jonathan, was knit with, the soul of David, so that Jonathan 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, that day, —and suffered him not to return unto the house of his father.
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 solemnised 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 the robe which was upon him, and gave it to David, —and his equipments, 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 forth—whithersoever Saul sent him, he behaved himself prudently, so Saul set him over the men of war, —and he became a favourite in the eyes of all the people, yea even 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
But so it was, when they came in on the return of David from the smiting of the Philistine, that the women went forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet Saul the king, —with timbrels, with rejoicing, and with instruments of three strings.
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 that made merry responded to each other in song, and said, —Saul, hath smitten, his thousands, but, 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
Then was Saul exceeding angry, and this saying was offensive in his eyes, and he said, —They have ascribed, to David, ten thousands, but, to me, have they ascribed thousands, —What, more, then, 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 was eyeing David from that day forward.
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, when it came to pass, on the morrow, that a superhuman spirit of sadness came suddenly upon Saul, and he was moved to raving in the midst of the house, —and, David, began playing with his hand, as he had done day by day, that a spear being in Saul’s 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
Saul hurled the spear, and said to himself—I will smite David, even to the wall! But David moved round from before 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
And Saul feared because of David, —for Yahweh was with him, whereas, from Saul, he had departed.
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
So Saul removed him from him, and appointed him to be for him the captain of a thousand, —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 it came to pass that David, in all his ways, acted prudently, —and, Yahweh, was with him.
15 and to see: see Saul which he/she/it be prudent much and to dread from face of his
And, when Saul saw that, he, was acting very prudently, 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, were in love with David, —for he was going out and coming in before them.
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
So then Saul said unto David—Lo! my elder daughter Merab, her, will I give thee to wife, only, approve thyself unto me as a son of valour and fight the battles of Yahweh. Saul, however, had said to himself—Let not, my own hand, be upon him, but let, the hand of the Philistines, 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 unto Saul—Who am, I, or who are my kinsfolk, the family of my father, in Israel, —that I should become son-in-law, to 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
But it came to pass, within the time for giving Merab daughter of Saul to David, that, she, was given to Adriel the Meholathite, 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
Then did Michal, Saul’s daughter, love David, —and it was told Saul, and the thing was right 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 to himself—I will give her unto him, that she may prove to him a snare, and that, the hand of the Philistines, may be upon him. So then Saul said unto David, A second time, mayest thou become my son-in-law to-day.
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 commanded his servants—Speak ye unto David quietly saying, Lo! the king delighteth in thee, and, all his servants, love thee, —now, therefore, become thou son-in-law to the king.
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 spake, in the ears of David, these words. And David said—Seemeth it a light thing, in your eyes, to become son-in-law to the king, seeing that, 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
So the servants of Saul told him, saying, —According to these words, spake David,
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
Then said Saul—Thus, shall ye say unto David—The king hath no delight in purchase-price, but rather in a hundred foreskins of Philistines, by avenging himself on the enemies of the king. But, Saul, thought to let David fall by the hand 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
So, when his servants told David these words, the thing was right in the eyes of David, to become son-in-law unto the king, —and the days had not expired.
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
Wherefore David arose, and went—he and his men, and smote among the Philistines two hundred men, and David brought in their foreskins, and gave them in full tale unto the king, that he might become son-in-law unto the king, and Saul gave him Michal 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 and knew that, Yahweh, 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
So then Saul went on to fear because of David, yet more, —and it came to pass that Saul was hostile to David, all the days.
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, when the princes of the Philistines came forth, so it was, that, as often as they came forth, David was more circumspect than any of the servants of Saul, so that his name was, precious exceedingly.
