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Saul put him in command of the fighting men, which pleased all the people and Saul’s servants as well.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As they danced, the women sang:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">Saul has killed his thousands,</p><p class="poem">but David his tens of thousands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Saul was furious and resented this song. “They credited tens of thousands to David,” he complained, “but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So Saul watched David jealously from that day forward.</p><h3 class="head1">Saul Attempts to Kill David</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The next day an evil spirit sent from God came powerfully on Saul,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> and he began to rave<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Samuel.18.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">†</span></a> inside the palace. David was playing the lyre as usual,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> but Saul was holding a spear,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.10.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and he threw it, thinking, “I’ll pin David to the wall.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> But David got away from him twice.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Saul was afraid of David,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> because the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> was with David<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> but had left Saul.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.12.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore, Saul sent David away from him and made him commander over a thousand men. David led the troops<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and continued to be successful in all his activities because the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> was with him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When Saul observed that David was very successful, he dreaded him. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But all Israel and Judah loved David<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> because he was leading their troops. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Saul told David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you as a wife<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> if you will be a warrior for me and fight the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s battles.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.17.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> But Saul was thinking, “I don’t need to raise a hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.17.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then David responded, “Who am I,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law? ” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">David’s Marriage to Michal</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now Saul’s daughter Michal<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> loved David, and when it was reported to Saul, it pleased him. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“I’ll give her to him,” Saul thought. “She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> So Saul said to David a second time, “You can now be my son-in-law.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Saul then ordered his servants, “Speak to David in private and tell him, ‘Look, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Therefore, you should become the king’s son-in-law.’ ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Saul’s servants reported these words directly to David, but he replied, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law? I am a poor commoner.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The servants reported back to Saul, “These are the words David spoke.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Saul replied, “Say this to David: ‘The king desires no other bride-price<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> except a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’ ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.25.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> Actually, Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.25.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>David and his men went out and killed two hundred<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Samuel.18.27.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">†</span></a> Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as full payment to the king to become his son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David as his wife.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Saul realized<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Samuel.18.28.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">†</span></a> that the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and he became even more afraid of David. As a result, Saul was David’s enemy from then on.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.18.30" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Every time the Philistine commanders came out to fight,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.18.30.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> So his name became well known.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-1_Samuel.18" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.1_Samuel.18.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.1">18:1</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the life of Jonathan was bound to the life of David</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Samuel.18.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.10">18:10</a></span> Or <span class="italic">prophesy</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Samuel.18.27.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.27">18:27</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">100</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Samuel.18.28.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.28">18:28</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">saw and knew</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-1_Samuel.18" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.1">18:1</a></span> 1Sm 20:17; 2Sm 1:26</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.3">18:3</a></span> 1Sm 20:8,16; 23:18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.4">18:4</a></span> Gn 41:42</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.6">18:6</a></span> Ex 15:20–21; Jdg 11:34</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.7">18:7</a></span> 1Sm 21:11; 29:5</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.8">18:8</a></span> 1Sm 15:28; 24:20</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.10">18:10</a></span> 1Sm 16:14; 19:9</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.10">18:10</a></span> 1Sm 16:23</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.10.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.10">18:10</a></span> 1Sm 19:9</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.11">18:11</a></span> 1Sm 19:10; 20:33</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.12">18:12</a></span> 1Sm 18:15,29</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.12">18:12</a></span> 1Sm 16:13,18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.12.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.12">18:12</a></span> 1Sm 16:14; 17:36,47; 2Sm 5:2</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.13">18:13</a></span> 2Sm 5:2</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.14">18:14</a></span> 1Sm 3:19; 16:18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.16">18:16</a></span> 1Sm 18:5</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.17">18:17</a></span> 1Sm 17:25</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.17.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.17">18:17</a></span> Nm 21:14; 1Sm 17:36–37; 25:28</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.17.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.17">18:17</a></span> 1Sm 18:21,25</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.18">18:18</a></span> 1Sm 9:21; 18:23; 2Sm 7:18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.19">18:19</a></span> Jdg 7:22; 2Sm 21:8; 1Kg 19:16</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.20">18:20</a></span> 1Sm 18:28</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.21">18:21</a></span> 1Sm 18:17</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.21">18:21</a></span> 1Sm 18:20</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.23">18:23</a></span> Gn 29:20; 34:12</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.25">18:25</a></span> Gn 34:12; Ex 22:17</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.25.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.25">18:25</a></span> 1Sm 14:24</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.25.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.25">18:25</a></span> 1Sm 18:17</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.27">18:27</a></span> 2Sm 3:14</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.30">18:30</a></span> 2Sm 11:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.18.30.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.18.30">18:30</a></span> 1Sm 18:5</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-1_Samuel.18" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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