1 Samuel 18 KJV
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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, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Reign of Saul David Jonathan Saul
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. Reign of Saul Saul
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. Reign of Saul David Jonathan
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that [was] upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. Reign of Saul David Jonathan
¶ And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants. Reign of Saul David Saul
And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. Reign of Saul David Saul
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed [but] thousands: and [what] can he have more but the kingdom? Reign of Saul David Saul
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. Reign of Saul David Saul
¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and [there was] a javelin in Saul’s hand. Reign of Saul David Saul God
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall [with it]. And David avoided out of his presence twice. Reign of Saul David Saul
¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. Reign of Saul David Saul God
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. Reign of Saul Saul
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD [was] with him. Reign of Saul David God
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. Reign of Saul Saul
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. Reign of Saul David Jacob Judah
And David said unto Saul, Who [am] I? and what [is] my life, [or] my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? Reign of Saul David Saul Jacob
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. Reign of Saul Meholathites David Saul Merab Adriel
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. Reign of Saul David Saul Michal
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in [the one of] the twain. Reign of Saul David Saul Philistia
¶ And Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law. Reign of Saul David Saul
And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you [a] light [thing] to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I [am] a poor man, and lightly esteemed? Reign of Saul David Saul
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. Reign of Saul David Saul
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. Reign of Saul David Saul Philistia
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired. Reign of Saul David
Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. Reign of Saul David Saul Michal Philistia
¶ And Saul saw and knew that the LORD [was] with David, and [that] Michal Saul’s daughter loved him. Reign of Saul David Saul God Michal
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually. Reign of Saul David Saul
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, [that] David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. Reign of Saul David Saul Philistia