give thee to wife: be thou joyful, and fight the wars of the LORD. For Saul said, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines.

And David said unto Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, and my father’s seed in Israel, that I should be the king’s son in law?

And when the time came that Merob the daughter of Saul should be given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and when it was told Saul, he said, This is right.

And I will give her unto him, and she shall be his fall, and the hands of the Philistines shall be upon him. And he said unto David, Thou shalt be my son in law this day with the other.

And Saul commanded his servants: Speak unto David privily, and say, Behold, the king hath a desire for thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.

And the servants of Saul spake these words in David’s ears. And David said, Dost thou think it a small thing to be the king’s son in law? But I am a poor, little man.

And Saul’s servants told him again, saying, These words spake David.

And Saul said, Thus say ye unto David, The king desireth no morning gift, save an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the king’s enemies. For Saul sought to slay David by the hand of the Philistines.

And his servants spake these words unto David, and thought it good for David, that he should be the king’s son in law. And the time was not yet ended.

And David arose, and went with his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men. And David brought their skirts, and made the king glad of the number, that he might be the king’s son in law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter in marriage.

And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David. And Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.

And Saul was yet more afraid of David, and became his enemy all the days of his life.

And when the princes of the Philistines went out, David dealt more wisely than all the servants of Saul, when they went out; and his name was magnified.
(1 Samuel)
Chapter 19
David, to preserve life, goes to misery.

And Saul spake unto Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan Saul’s son loved David very much;

And told him, saying, My father Saul seeketh to kill thee. Now therefore keep thee tomorrow, and be hid, and hide thyself.

And I will go forth, and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and speak of thee unto my father; and whatsoever I see I will make known unto thee.

And Jonathan spake the best of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against David his servant: for he hath done no sin against thee, and his doings are very profitable unto thee;

And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine: and the LORD did great salvation unto all Israel. This thou sawest, and rejoicedst. Why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan, and sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not die.

Then Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and brought him to Saul, and he was before him as before.

And there was war again, and David went out, and fought against the Philistines, and made a great slaughter, and they fled before him.

And the evil spirit from the LORD came upon Saul, and he sat in his house with a spear in his hand: and David played upon the strings with his hand.

And Saul sought to spear David to the wall with the spear. And he tore himself from Saul, and the spear went into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.

And Saul sent messengers to David’s house, to keep him, and to kill him in the morning. And Michal his wife told David, saying, If thou wilt not save thy soul this night, thou shalt die to morrow.

And Michal brought him down by the window, and he went, and fled, and escaped.

And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a kidskin for his head, and covered it with garments.

And Saul sent messengers to fetch David. And she said, He is sick.

And Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me with the bed, that he may be put to death.

And when the messengers were come, behold, the image lay in the bed, and a kidskin at his head.

And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me, and left mine enemy to escape? And Michal said unto Saul, He said unto me, Let me go, or I will kill thee.

And David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done unto him. And he went with Samuel, and dwelt at Naioth.

And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

And Saul sent messengers to fetch David. And they saw two choirs of prophets prophesying; and Samuel was their overseer. And the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they prophesied also.

And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, which prophesied also. And he sent the third messengers, and they prophesied also.

And he himself went to Ramah; and when he came to the great well that is in Seku, he asked, saying, Where is Samuel and David? And it was told him, Behold, at Naioth in Ramah.

And there he went to Naioth in Ramah. And the Spirit of God came upon him, and he went and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

And he stripped himself also of his garments, and prophesied also before Samuel, and fell down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say: Is Saul also among the prophets?
(1 Samuel)
Chapter 20
Jonathan and David’s friendship.

And David fled from Naioth unto Ramah: and David came and spake before Jonathan, saying, What have I done? What have I transgressed? What have I sinned against thy father, that he should seek my life?

And he said unto him, Far be it from thee; thou shalt not die. Behold, my Father doeth nothing, great or small, that he revealeth not unto mine ears: why then should my Father hide these things from me? It will not be so.

And David sware again, saying, Thy father knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes: therefore he will think, Jonathan shall not know these things, lest he be grieved. Verily the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

And Jonathan said unto David, I will do unto thee according to the desire of thine heart.

And David said unto him, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, when I shall sit at meat with the king: let me therefore hide myself in the field until the even of the third day.

And if thy father inquire of me, say, David beseeched me that he would run to Bethlehem, to his own city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there unto all the family.

If he say, It is good, it is well with thy servant. But if he be angry, thou shalt know that evil is determined in him.

Now therefore do thou mercy unto thy servant: for thou hast made a covenant with me thy servant in the LORD. But if there be any iniquity in me, kill me: for why wouldest thou bring me unto thy father?

And Jonathan said, Far be it from me, that I should know that evil was determined by my father to come upon thee, and that I should not tell it thee.

And David said, Who will tell me, if thy father answer thee a hard thing?

And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went both of them out into the field,

And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, if I search my father to morrow, and the third day, that it be well with David, and send not unto thee, and shew it not in thine ears.

Then let the LORD Jonathan do this, and that. And if it please my father to do evil against thee, I will shew it also in thine ears, and let thee go in peace. And the LORD be with thee, as he was with my father.

If I do it not, do not the mercy of the LORD upon me, because I live, neither if I die.

And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall cut off the enemies of David, every one out of the land, that thou wilt not tear thy mercy from mine house for ever.

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, The LORD require it out of the hand of David’s enemies.

And Jonathan went on, and sware unto David, that he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

And Jonathan said unto him, To morrow is the new moon, and they shall inquire of thee: for thou shalt be missed when thou sittest.

And the third day come down quickly, and go into a place where thou shalt hide thyself in the day of work, and sit down by the stone of Asel,

Then will I shoot three arrows at his side, as