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And Saul was afraid of David, because the L
ORD
was with him, and was departed from Saul.
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Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went
out and came in before the people.
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And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the
L
ORD
was
with him.
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Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was
afraid of him.
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But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before
them.
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And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only
be thou valiant for me, and fight the L
ORD
’S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him,
but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
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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?
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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.
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And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told
Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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And
the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And Saul saw and knew that the L
ORD
was
with David, and
that
Michal Saul’s daughter loved
him.
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And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
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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.
CHAPTER SAMUEL 19
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
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But
Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father
seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in
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