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1 Samuel 18:7-21

18:7

And the women
<0802>

answered
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[one another] as they played
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and said
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Saul
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hath slain
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his thousands
<0505>_,

and David
<01732>

his ten thousands
<07233>_.

18:8

And Saul
<07586>

was very
<03966>

wroth
<02734> (8799)_,

and the saying
<01697>

displeased
<03415> (8799) <05869>

him; and he said
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They have ascribed
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unto David
<01732>

ten thousands
<07233>_,

and to me they have ascribed
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[but] thousands
<0505>_:

and [what] can he have more but the kingdom
<04410>_?

{displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes}

18:9

And Saul
<07586>

eyed
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David
<01732>

from that day
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and forward
<01973>_.

18:10

And it came to pass on the morrow
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that the evil
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spirit
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from God
<0430>

came
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upon Saul
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and he prophesied
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in the midst
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of the house
<01004>_:

and David
<01732>

played
<05059> (8764)

with his hand
<03027>_,

as at other times
<03117>_:

and [there was] a javelin
<02595>

in Saul's
<07586>

hand
<03027>_.

18:11

And Saul
<07586>

cast
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the javelin
<02595>_;

for he said
<0559> (8799)_,

I will smite
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David
<01732>

even to the wall
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[with it]. And David
<01732>

avoided out
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of his presence
<06440>

twice
<06471>_.

18:12

And Saul
<07586>

was afraid
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of
<06440>

David
<01732>_,

because the LORD
<03068>

was with him, and was departed
<05493> (8804)

from Saul
<07586>_.

18:13

Therefore Saul
<07586>

removed
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him from him, and made
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him his captain
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over a thousand
<0505>_;

and he went out
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and came in
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before
<06440>

the people
<05971>_.

18:14

And David
<01732>

behaved himself wisely
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in all his ways
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and the LORD
<03068>

[was] with him. {behaved...: or, prospered}

18:15

Wherefore when Saul
<07586>

saw
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that he behaved
<07919> (0)

himself very
<03966>

wisely
<07919> (8688)_,

he was afraid
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of
<06440>

him.

18:16

But all Israel
<03478>

and Judah
<03063>

loved
<0157> (8802)

David
<01732>_,

because he went out
<03318> (8802)

and came in
<0935> (8802)

before
<06440>

them.

18:17

And Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8799)

to David
<01732>_,

Behold my elder
<01419>

daughter
<01323>

Merab
<04764>_,

her will I give
<05414> (8799)

thee to wife
<0802>_:

only be thou valiant
<01121> <02428>

for me, and fight
<03898> (8734)

the LORD'S
<03068>

battles
<04421>_.

For Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8804)_,

Let not mine hand
<03027>

be upon him, but let the hand
<03027>

of the Philistines
<06430>

be upon him. {valiant: Heb. a son of valour}

18:18

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Saul
<07586>_,

Who [am] I? and what [is] my life
<02416>_,

[or] my father's
<01>

family
<04940>

in Israel
<03478>_,

that I should be son in law
<02860>

to the king
<04428>_?

18:19

But it came to pass at the time
<06256>

when Merab
<04764>

Saul's
<07586>

daughter
<01323>

should have been given
<05414> (8800)

to David
<01732>_,

that she was given
<05414> (8738)

unto Adriel
<05741>

the Meholathite
<04259>

to wife
<0802>_.

18:20

And Michal
<04324>

Saul's
<07586>

daughter
<01323>

loved
<0157> (8799)

David
<01732>_:

and they told
<05046> (8686)

Saul
<07586>_,

and the thing
<01697>

pleased
<03474> (8799) <05869>

him. {pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes}

18:21

And Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

I will give
<05414> (8799)

him her, that she may be a snare
<04170>

to him, and that the hand
<03027>

of the Philistines
<06430>

may be against him. Wherefore Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8799)

to David
<01732>_,

Thou shalt this day
<03117>

be my son in law
<02859> (8691)

in [the one of] the twain
<08147>_.