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After that, Jonathan became David's closest friend. He loved David as much as [he loved] himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>(From that day on Saul kept David [as his servant] and didn't let him go back to his family.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So Jonathan made a pledge of mutual loyalty with David because he loved him as much as [he loved] himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Jonathan took off the coat he had on and gave it to David along with his battle tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>David was successful wherever Saul sent him. Saul put him in charge of the fighting men. This pleased all the people, including Saul's officials.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>As they arrived, David was returning from a campaign against the Philistines. Women from all of Israel's cities came to meet King Saul. They sang and danced, accompanied by tambourines, joyful music, and triangles. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The women who were celebrating sang, "Saul has defeated thousands but David tens of thousands!"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Saul became very angry because he considered this saying to be insulting. "To David they credit tens of thousands," he said, "but to me they credit [only] a few thousand. The only thing left for David is my kingdom." <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>From that day on Saul kept an eye on David.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The next day an evil spirit from God seized Saul. He began to prophesy in his house while David strummed a tune on the lyre as he did every day. Now, Saul had a spear in his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He raised the spear and thought, "I'll nail David to the wall." But David got away from him twice.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had left Saul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So he kept David away. He made David captain of a regiment. David led the troops out [to battle] and back again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He was successful in everything he undertook because the LORD was with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Saul noticed how very successful he was and became [even more] afraid of him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Everyone in Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in and out [of battle].</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Finally, Saul said to David, "Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife if you prove yourself to be a warrior for me and fight the LORD's battles." (Saul thought, "I must not lay a hand on him. Let the Philistines do that.") <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>"Who am I?" David asked Saul. "And how important are my relatives 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 when the time came to give Saul's daughter Merab to David, she was married to Adriel from Meholah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>However, Saul's daughter Michal fell in love with David. When Saul was told about it, the news pleased him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Saul thought, "I'll give her to David. She will trap him, and the Philistines will get him." So he said to David a second time, "You will now be my son-in-law." <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Saul ordered his officers, "Talk to David in private. Tell him, 'The king likes you, and all his officers are fond of you. Become the king's son-in-law.'" <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When Saul's officers made it a point to say this, David asked, "Do you think it's easy to become the king's son-in-law? I am a poor and unimportant person." <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When the officers told Saul what David had said, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Saul replied, "Tell David, 'The king doesn't want any payment for the bride except 100 Philistine foreskins so that he can get revenge on his enemies.' " In this way Saul planned to have David fall into the hands of the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When his officers told David this, David concluded that it was acceptable to become the king's son-in-law. Before the time was up, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>David and his men went out and struck down 200 Philistines. David brought the foreskins, and they counted them out for the king so that David could become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal as his wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then Saul was even more afraid of David, and so Saul became David's constant enemy.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The Philistine generals still went out [to fight Israel]. But whenever they went out [to fight], David was more successful than the rest of Saul's officers. 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