1.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.
2.And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
3.Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4.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.
7.And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
9.And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10.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.
11.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.
12.And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13.Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
15.Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
16.But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
18.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?
19.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.
21.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.
22.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.
23.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?
25.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.
27.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.
28.And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
29.And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.