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1 Samuel 18 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Jonathan and David

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1Sa 18:1 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end^H3615 of speaking^H1696 unto Saul,^H7586 that the soul^H5315 of Jonathan^H3083 was knit^H7194 with the soul^H5315 of David,^H1732 and Jonathan^H3083 loved^H157 him as his own soul.^H5315

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1Sa 18:2 - And Saul^H7586 took^H3947 him that day,^H3117 and would let^H5414 him go no more home^H7725 to his father's^H1 house.^H1004

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1Sa 18:3 - Then Jonathan^H3083 and David^H1732 made^H3772 a covenant,^H1285 because he loved^H160 him as his own soul.^H5315

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1Sa 18:4 - And Jonathan^H3083 stripped^H6584 himself of the robe^H4598 that was upon him, and gave^H5414 it to David,^H1732 and his garments,^H4055 even to his sword,^H2719 and to his bow,^H7198 and to his girdle.^H2289

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1Sa 18:5 - And David^H1732 went out^H3318 whithersoever Saul^H7586 sent^H7971 him, and behaved himself wisely:^H7919 and Saul^H7586 set^H7760 him over the men^H582 of war,^H4421 and he was accepted^H3190 in the sight^H5869 of all the people,^H5971 and also in the sight^H5869 of Saul's^H7586 servants.^H5650

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:6

1Sa 18:6 - And it came to pass as they came,^H935 when David^H1732 was returned^H7725 from the slaughter^H5221 of the Philistine,^H6430 that the women^H802 came out^H3318 of all cities^H5892 of Israel,^H3478 singing^H7891 and dancing,^H4246 to meet^H7125 king^H4428 Saul,^H7586 with tabrets,^H8596 with joy,^H8057 and with instruments^H7991 of musick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:7

1Sa 18:7 - And the women^H802 answered^H6030 one another as they played,^H7832 and said,^H559 Saul^H7586 hath slain^H5221 his thousands,^H505 and David^H1732 his ten thousands.^H7233

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1Sa 18:8 - And Saul^H7586 was very^H3966 wroth,^H2734 and the saying^H1697 displeased^H3415^H5869 him; and he said,^H559 They have ascribed^H5414 unto David^H1732 ten thousands,^H7233 and to me they have ascribed^H5414 but thousands:^H505 and what can he have more but the kingdom?^H4410

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1Sa 18:9 - And Saul^H7586 eyed^H5770 David^H1732 from that day^H3117 and forward.^H1973

Saul Turns against David

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1Sa 18:10 - And it came to pass on the morrow,^H4283 that the evil^H7451 spirit^H7307 from God^H430 came^H6743 upon Saul,^H7586 and he prophesied^H5012 in the midst^H8432 of the house:^H1004 and David^H1732 played^H5059 with his hand,^H3027 as at other times:^H3117 and there was a javelin^H2595 in Saul's^H7586 hand.^H3027

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1Sa 18:11 - And Saul^H7586 cast^H2904 the javelin;^H2595 for he said,^H559 I will smite^H5221 David^H1732 even to the wall^H7023 with it. And David^H1732 avoided out^H5437 of his presence^H6440 twice.^H6471

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1Sa 18:12 - And Saul^H7586 was afraid^H3372 of^H6440 David,^H1732 because the LORD^H3068 was with him, and was departed^H5493 from Saul.^H7586

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1Sa 18:13 - Therefore Saul^H7586 removed^H5493 him from him, and made^H7760 him his captain^H8269 over a thousand;^H505 and he went out^H3318 and came in^H935 before^H6440 the people.^H5971

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1Sa 18:14 - And David^H1732 behaved himself wisely^H7919 in all his ways;^H1870 and the LORD^H3068 was with him.

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1Sa 18:15 - Wherefore when Saul^H7586 saw^H7200 that he behaved^H7919 ➔ himself very^H3966 wisely,^H7919 he was afraid^H1481 of^H6440 him.

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1Sa 18:16 - But all Israel^H3478 and Judah^H3063 loved^H157 David,^H1732 because he went out^H3318 and came in^H935 before^H6440 them.

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1Sa 18:17 - And Saul^H7586 said^H559 to David,^H1732 Behold my elder^H1419 daughter^H1323 Merab,^H4764 her will I give^H5414 thee to wife:^H802 only be thou valiant^H1121^H2428 for me, and fight^H3898 the LORD'S^H3068 battles.^H4421 For Saul^H7586 said,^H559 Let not mine hand^H3027 be upon him, but let the hand^H3027 of the Philistines^H6430 be upon him.

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1Sa 18:18 - And David^H1732 said^H559 unto Saul,^H7586 Who am I? and what is my life,^H2416 or my father's^H1 family^H4940 in Israel,^H3478 that I should be son in law^H2860 to the king?^H4428

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1Sa 18:19 - But it came to pass at the time^H6256 when Merab^H4764 Saul's^H7586 daughter^H1323 should have been given^H5414 to David,^H1732 that she was given^H5414 unto Adriel^H5741 the Meholathite^H4259 to wife.^H802

David Marries Saul's Daughter

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1Sa 18:20 - And Michal^H4324 Saul's^H7586 daughter^H1323 loved^H157 David:^H1732 and they told^H5046 Saul,^H7586 and the thing^H1697 pleased^H3474^H5869 him.

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1Sa 18:21 - And Saul^H7586 said,^H559 I will give^H5414 him her, that she may be a snare^H4170 to him, and that the hand^H3027 of the Philistines^H6430 may be against him. Wherefore Saul^H7586 said^H559 to David,^H1732 Thou shalt this day^H3117 be my son in law^H2859 in the one of the twain.^H8147

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1Sa 18:22 - And Saul^H7586 commanded^H6680 his servants,^H5650 saying, Commune^H1696 with David^H1732 secretly,^H3909 and say,^H559 Behold, the king^H4428 hath delight^H2654 in thee, and all his servants^H5650 love^H157 thee: now therefore be the king's^H4428 son in law.^H2859

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1Sa 18:23 - And Saul's^H7586 servants^H5650 spake^H1696 those words^H1697 in the ears^H241 of David.^H1732 And David^H1732 said,^H559 Seemeth^H5869 it to you a light^H7043 thing to be a king's^H4428 son in law,^H2859 seeing that I am a poor^H7326 man,^H376 and lightly esteemed?^H7034

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1Sa 18:24 - And the servants^H5650 of Saul^H7586 told^H5046 him, saying,^H559 On this manner^H1697 spake^H1696 David.^H1732

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1Sa 18:25 - And Saul^H7586 said,^H559 Thus shall ye say^H559 to David,^H1732 The king^H4428 desireth^H2656 not any dowry,^H4119 but an hundred^H3967 foreskins^H6190 of the Philistines,^H6430 to be avenged^H5358 of the king's^H4428 enemies.^H341 But Saul^H7586 thought^H2803 to make David^H1732 fall^H5307 by the hand^H3027 of the Philistines.^H6430

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1Sa 18:26 - And when his servants^H5650 told^H5046 David^H1732 these words,^H1697 it pleased^H3474^H1697^H5869 David^H1732 well to be the king's^H4428 son in law:^H2859 and the days^H3117 were not expired.^H4390

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1Sa 18:27 - Wherefore David^H1732 arose^H6965 and went,^H3212 he and his men,^H582 and slew^H5221 of the Philistines^H6430 two hundred^H3967 men;^H376 and David^H1732 brought^H935 their foreskins,^H6190 and they gave them in full tale^H4390 to the king,^H4428 that he might be the king's^H4428 son in law.^H2859 And Saul^H7586 gave^H5414 him Michal^H4324 his daughter^H1323 to wife.^H802

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1Sa 18:28 - And Saul^H7586 saw^H7200 and knew^H3045 that the LORD^H3068 was with David,^H1732 and that Michal^H4324 Saul's^H7586 daughter^H1323 loved^H157 him.

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1Sa 18:29 - And Saul^H7586 was yet the more^H3254 afraid^H3372 of^H6440 David;^H1732 and Saul^H7586 became David's^H1732 enemy^H341 continually.^H3117

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1Sa 18:30 - Then the princes^H8269 of the Philistines^H6430 went forth:^H3318 and it came to pass, after^H1767 they went forth,^H3318 that David^H1732 behaved himself more wisely^H7919 than all the servants^H5650 of Saul;^H7586 so that his name^H8034 was much^H3966 set by.^H3365

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