1 Samuel 18
1 After David finished talking with Saul, [he met Saul’s son, Jonathan.] Jonathan [immediately] liked David; in fact, he began to love/like him as much as he loved/liked himself.
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
2 From that day, Saul kept David with him, and did not let him return home.
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
3 Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. [They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends].
and to cut: make(covenant) Jonathan and David covenant in/on/with love his [obj] him like/as soul his
4 Jonathan took off his own outer robe and gave it to David. He also gave David his soldier’s tunic, his sword, his bow [and arrows], and his belt.
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
5 [David went wherever Saul sent him. And] whatever Saul told him to do, David did it very successfully. As a result, Saul appointed David to be a commander in the army. All the officers and other men in the army (approved of/were very pleased with) that.
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
6 But, when the men in the army were returning home after David had killed Goliath, the women came out from many [HYP] towns in Israel to meet/greet King Saul. They were singing and dancing very joyfully, playing tambourines and lyres.
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
7 As they danced, they sang this song to each other: “Saul has killed 1,000 [enemy soldiers], But David has killed 10,000 [of them].”
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
8 [When] Saul [heard them singing that, he] did not like it. He became very angry. He said [to himself], “They are saying that David [killed] 10,000 men, but that I [have killed] only 1,000. Soon they will want to make him their king!” [RHQ]
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
9 From that time, Saul watched David very closely because he was suspicious [that David would try to become king].
and to be Saul (to watch *Q(K)*) [obj] David from [the] day [the] he/she/it and further
10 The next day, an evil spirit sent by God suddenly took control of Saul. He began to act like a madman, inside his house. David was playing the lyre for him, as he did every day. Saul was holding a spear in his hand,
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
11 and he hurled it [at David], saying to himself, “I will fasten David to the wall with the spear!” He did that two times, but David jumped aside [both times].
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
12 Because [it became evident that] Yahweh had abandoned Saul but [that] he was helping David, Saul was afraid of David.
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
13 So he appointed David as a commander of 1,000 soldiers and sent David away from him, [hoping that David would be killed in a battle]. But when David led his soldiers [in their battles],
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
14 he always had great success, because Yahweh was helping him.
and to be David to/for all (way: conduct his *Q(K)*) be prudent and LORD with him
15 When Saul heard that David [and his soldiers were] very successful, he became more afraid of David.
and to see: see Saul which he/she/it be prudent much and to dread from face of his
16 But all the people of Israel and of Judah loved David, because he led the soldiers very successfully [in the battles].
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
17 One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my oldest daughter, Merab, to be your wife. I will do that if you serve me bravely by fighting battles for Yahweh [against the Philistines]”. He said that because he thought, “I will not try to get rid of David by myself. I will allow the Philistines to do that.”
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
18 But David said to Saul, “I am not [RHQ] a very important person, and my family is not very important, and my clan is not a very important Israeli clan. So I do not deserve to become your son-in-law.” [RHQ]
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
19 So, when it was time for Merab to be given to David to become his wife, instead, Saul gave her to a man named Adriel, from Meholah [town].
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
20 But Saul’s other daughter, Michal, fell in love with David. When they told Saul about that, he was pleased.
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
21 He thought, “I will let Michal marry him, in order that she may trap him, and the Philistines will be able to kill him.” So he said to David, [“You can marry Michal],” and by saying that, he indicated for the second time that David would become his son-in-law.
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
22 Saul told his servants, “Talk to David privately, and say to him, ‘Listen, the king is pleased with you, and all of us his servants love you. So now [we think that] you should [marry Michal and] become the king’s son-in-law.’”
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
23 So they told that to David. But David said, “It would be a great honor [RHQ] to become the king’s son-in-law. But [I do not think that I should do that, because] I am only a poor and insignificant man.”
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
24 When the servants told Saul what David had said,
and to tell servant/slave Saul to/for him to/for to say like/as word: thing [the] these to speak: speak David
25 Saul replied, “Go and say to David, ‘[In order for] the king [to allow you to marry Michal, he] wants [you to kill] 100 Philistines [and cut off] their foreskins [and bring the foreskins to him to prove that you have killed them]. In that way he will get revenge on his enemies.’” But what Saul wanted was that the Philistines would kill David [while David was trying to kill them].
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
26 When the servants told that to David, he was very pleased that he could become the king’s son-in-law [by doing that. The king had said how many days he would allow for David to do that]. But before that time ended,
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
27 David and his men went and killed, [not 100, but] 200 Philistines! He brought their foreskins to Saul, and counted them [while Saul was watching], in order to prove that he had [done what the king required so that he could become Saul’s son-in-law. So then Saul was obligated] to allow David to marry his daughter Michal.
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
28 But when Saul realized that Yahweh was helping David, and that his daughter loved David,
and to see: see Saul and to know for LORD with David and Michal daughter Saul to love: lover him
29 he became more afraid of David. So, as long as Saul lived, he was David’s enemy.
and to add Saul to/for to fear from face of David still and to be Saul enemy [obj] David all [the] day: daily
30 The Philistine armies repeatedly came to fight the Israelis, but every time they fought, David and his soldiers were more successful than any of Saul’s other army commanders. As a result, David became very famous.
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
