And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the
thing pleased him. 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. 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. 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? And the servants of Saul told
him, saying, On this manner spake David. And Saul said, Thus shall ye
say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but to be avenged of
the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand
of the Philistines. And when his servants told David these words, it
pleased David well to be the king's son in law. Wherefore David arose
and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred
men. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. And Saul saw and
knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter
loved him. And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became
David's enemy continually. And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and
to all his servants, that they should kill David. 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 a secret place, and hide
thyself: and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field
where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I
see, that I will tell thee.
[Sidenote: I. Samuel 19]
And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto
him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because
he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to
theeward very good: for he did put his life in his hand, and slew the
Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou
sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against
innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? And Saul hearkened unto
the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not
be slain. And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those
things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence,
as in times past.
And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the
Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from
him.
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