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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Samuel 18 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > 1 Samuel 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/17.htm" title="1 Samuel 17">◄</a> 1 Samuel 18 <a href="../1_samuel/19.htm" title="1 Samuel 19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/1_samuel/18.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Jonathan and David</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bonded to the soul of David, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>Jonathan loved him as himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Saul took David that day and did not let him return to his father’s house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Jonathan stripped himself of the outer robe that he was wearing and gave it to David, with his armor, including his sword, his bow, and his belt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and he acted wisely <i>and</i> prospered; and Saul appointed him over the men of war. And it pleased all the people and also Saul’s servants. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>As they were coming [home], when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, [songs of] joy, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>musical instruments. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The women sang as they played <i>and</i> danced, saying, <p class="indent1stline">“Saul has slain his thousands, <t><p class="indent1">And David his ten thousands.” <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Saul became very angry, for this saying <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed [only] thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Saul looked at David with suspicion [and jealously] from that day forward. <p class="hdg">Saul Turns against David</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul, and he raved [madly] inside his house, while David was playing <i>the harp</i> with his hand, as usual; and there was a spear in Saul’s hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded him twice. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, but had departed from Saul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So Saul had David removed from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>publicly associated with the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>David acted wisely <i>and</i> prospered in all his ways, and the LORD was with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, he was afraid of him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he publicly associated with them. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Saul said to David, “Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab as a wife; only be brave for me and fight the LORD’S battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son-in-law?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was [instead] given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife. <p class="hdg">David Marries Saul’s Daughter</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and when they told Saul, it pleased him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare (bad influence, source of trouble) to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David for a second time, “You shall be my son-in-law today.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David secretly, saying, ‘Listen, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now then, become the king’s son-in-law.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So Saul’s servants spoke these words to David. But David said, “Is it a trivial thing in your sight to become a king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and insignificant?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The servants of Saul told him what David said. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Saul said, “This is what you shall say to David: ‘The king wants no dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul’s intention was to cause <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>David’s death at the hand of the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When his servants told David these words, it pleased him to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the time [for the marriage] arrived, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred Philistine men, and David brought their foreskins [as proof of death] and presented <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>every one of them to the king, so that he might become the king’s son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal, his [younger] daughter, as a wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, his daughter, loved him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s constant enemy. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then the Philistine commanders (princes) came out <i>to battle,</i> and it happened as often as they did, that David acted more wisely <i>and</i> had more success than all Saul’s servants. So his name was highly esteemed.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> David’s testimony before Saul and Jonathan’s response to hearing it established a friendship, admiration and loyalty that lasted beyond Jonathan’s death (2 Sam 9:1).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>three-stringed</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>was evil in his eyes.</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>went out and came in before</i> and so throughout the chapter.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>David to fall by</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>in full number.</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>