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    1 Samuel 18

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    Saul asked for one hundred Philistine foreskins, and David arrived with two hundred, which the chapter calls payment in full. It is a remarkably exact sort of wedding arrangement, and David, at least, was pleased with the terms.

    A song with a sting in itvv. 1–9

    After David finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan loved him as himself and sealed that love with a covenant, handing over his robe, tunic, sword, bow, and belt. Saul kept David at court, then entrusted him with men of war; David prospered, and everyone seemed pleased. Then the returning troops were met by singing women, who gave Saul his thousands and David his tens of thousands. Saul heard a victory song and found, tucked inside it, the whole kingdom. From that day he watched David with a jealous eye.

    The harp, the spear, and the marriage proposalsvv. 10–27

    The next day Saul was prophesying indoors while David played the harp as usual, which is already an unusual household arrangement before the spear appears. Saul hurled it twice; David twice got out of the way. Saul then sent him into battle, where David prospered so conspicuously that Saul was afraid of him and Israel and Judah loved him. Marriage was next pressed into service: first Merab was promised and given to Adriel, then Michal’s love for David pleased Saul chiefly because Saul hoped to make it a snare. David called himself poor and lightly esteemed. Saul answered with a dowry of one hundred Philistine foreskins; David brought two hundred, and the wedding went ahead.

    An enemy made by successvv. 28–30

    Saul saw that the LORD was with David and that Michal loved him, and became still more afraid. So David’s success did not merely fail to cure the trouble; it gave the trouble a name. Saul was David’s enemy, while David continued to outdo Saul’s officers whenever the Philistine commanders came out to battle.

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    1. 1 Sam 18:1After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

    2. 1 Sam 18:2And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.

    3. 1 Sam 18:3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

    4. 1 Sam 18:4And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

    5. 1 Sam 18:5So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.

    6. 1 Sam 18:6As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

    7. 1 Sam 18:7And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

    8. 1 Sam 18:8And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

    9. 1 Sam 18:9And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

    10. 1 Sam 18:10The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,

    11. 1 Sam 18:11and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.

    12. 1 Sam 18:12So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

    13. 1 Sam 18:13Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,

    14. 1 Sam 18:14and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

    15. 1 Sam 18:15When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

    16. 1 Sam 18:16But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

    17. 1 Sam 18:17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

    18. 1 Sam 18:18And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”

    19. 1 Sam 18:19So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

    20. 1 Sam 18:20Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

    21. 1 Sam 18:21“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

    22. 1 Sam 18:22Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”

    23. 1 Sam 18:23But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”

    24. 1 Sam 18:24And the servants told Saul what David had said.

    25. 1 Sam 18:25Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

    26. 1 Sam 18:26When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

    27. 1 Sam 18:27David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.

    28. 1 Sam 18:28When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

    29. 1 Sam 18:29he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.

    30. 1 Sam 18:30Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.

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    • 1Proverbs 18:24A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
    • 11 Samuel 20:17And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
    • 14Genesis 39:23The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
    • 12 Samuel 1:26I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
    • 11 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
    • 1Colossians 2:2that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
    • 14Joshua 6:27So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.
    • 141 Samuel 16:18One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
    • 14Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
    • 121 Samuel 18:15When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.
    • 14Genesis 39:2–3And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
    • 1Genesis 44:30So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
    • 51 Samuel 18:30Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
    • 71 Samuel 21:11But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
    • 111 Samuel 20:33Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
    • 31 Samuel 20:8–17Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

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