1 E sucedeu que, acabando ele de falar com Saul, a alma de Jônatas se ligou com a alma de Davi; e Jônatas o amou, como à sua própria alma.
2 E Saul naquele dia o tomou, e não lhe permitiu que voltasse para casa de seu pai.
3 E Jônatas e Davi fizeram aliança; porque Jônatas o amava como à sua própria alma.
4 E Jônatas se despojou da capa que trazia sobre si, e a deu a Davi, como também as suas vestes, até a sua espada, e o seu arco, e o seu cinto.
5 E saía Davi aonde quer que Saul o enviasse e conduzia-se com prudência, e Saul o pôs sobre os homens de guerra; e era aceito aos olhos de todo o povo, e até aos olhos dos servos de Saul.
6 Sucedeu, porém, que, vindo eles, quando Davi voltava de ferir os filisteus, as mulheres de todas as cidades de Israel saíram ao encontro do rei Saul, cantando e dançando, com adufes, com alegria, e com instrumentos de música.
7 E as mulheres dançando e cantando se respondiam umas às outras, dizendo: Saul feriu os seus milhares, porém, Davi os seus dez milhares.
8 Então Saul se indignou muito, e aquela palavra pareceu mal aos seus olhos, e disse: Dez milhares deram a Davi, e a mim somente milhares; na verdade, que lhe falta, senão só o reino?
9 E, desde aquele dia em diante, Saul tinha Davi em suspeita.
10 E aconteceu no outro dia, que o mau espírito da parte de Deus se apoderou de Saul, e profetizava no meio da casa; e Davi tocava a harpa com a sua mão, como nos outros dias; Saul, porém, tinha na mão uma lança.
11 E Saul atirou com a lança, dizendo: Encravarei a Davi na parede. Porém Davi se desviou dele por duas vezes.
12 E temia Saul a Davi, porque o Senhor era com ele e se tinha retirado de Saul.
13 Por isso Saul o desviou de si, e o pôs por capitão de mil; e saía e entrava diante do povo.
14 E Davi se conduzia com prudência em todos os seus caminhos, e o Senhor era com ele.
15 Vendo então Saul que tão prudentemente se conduzia, tinha receio dele.
16 Porém todo o Israel e Judá amava a Davi, porquanto saía e entrava diante deles.
17 Por isso Saul disse a Davi: Eis que Merabe, minha filha mais velha, te darei por mulher; sê-me somente filho valoroso, e guerreia as guerras do Senhor (porque Saul dizia consigo: Não seja contra ele a minha mão, mas sim a dos filisteus).
18 Mas Davi disse a Saul: Quem sou eu, e qual é a minha vida e a família de meu pai em Israel, para vir a ser genro do rei?
19 Sucedeu, porém, que ao tempo que Merabe, filha de Saul, devia ser dada a Davi, ela foi dada por mulher a Adriel, meolatita.
20 Mas Mical, a outra filha de Saul amava a Davi; o que, sendo anunciado a Saul, pareceu isto bom aos seus olhos.
21 E Saul disse: Eu lha darei, para que lhe sirva de laço, e para que a mão dos filisteus venha a ser contra ele. Pelo que Saul disse a Davi: Com a outra serás hoje meu genro.
22 E Saul deu ordem aos seus servos: Falai em segredo a Davi, dizendo: Eis que o rei te está mui afeiçoado, e todos os seus servos te amam; agora, pois, consente em ser genro do rei.
23 E os servos de Saul falaram todas estas palavras aos ouvidos de Davi. Então disse Davi: Parece-vos pouco aos vossos olhos ser genro do rei, sendo eu homem pobre e desprezível?
24 E os servos de Saul lhe anunciaram isto, dizendo: Foram tais as palavras que falou Davi.
25 Então disse Saul: Assim direis a Davi: O rei não tem necessidade de dote, senão de cem prepúcios de filisteus, para se tomar vingança dos inimigos do rei. Porquanto Saul tentava fazer cair a Davi pela mão dos filisteus.
26 E anunciaram os seus servos estas palavras a Davi, e este negócio pareceu bem aos olhos de Davi, de que fosse genro do rei; porém ainda os dias não se haviam cumprido.
27 Então Davi se levantou, e partiu com os seus homens, e feriu dentre os filisteus duzentos homens, e Davi trouxe os seus prepúcios, e os entregou todos ao rei, para que fosse genro do rei; então Saul lhe deu por mulher a sua filha.
28 E viu Saul, e notou que o Senhor era com Davi; e Mical, filha de Saul, o amava.
29 Então Saul temeu muito mais a Davi; e Saul foi todos os seus dias inimigo de Davi.
30 E, saindo os príncipes dos filisteus à campanha, sucedia que Davi se conduzia com mais êxito do que todos os servos de Saul; portanto o seu nome era muito estimado.
1 After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.
2 From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family.
3 And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.
5 Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the troops, and Saul's officers as well.
6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres.
7 As they danced, they sang: "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."
8 Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. "They have credited David with tens of thousands," he thought, "but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?"
9 And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.
10 The next day an evil "spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand
11 and he hurled it, saying to himself, "I'll pin David to the wall." But David eluded him twice.
12 Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
13 So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns.
14 In everything he did he had great success, because the LORD was with him.
15 When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.
17 Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the LORD." For Saul said to himself, "I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!"
18 But David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my family or my clan in Israel, that I should become the king's son-in-law?"
19 So "when the time came for Merab, Saul's daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
20 Now Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased.
21 "I will give her to him," he thought, "so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." So Saul said to David, "Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law."
22 Then Saul ordered his attendants: "Speak to David privately and say, 'Look, the king likes you, and his attendants all love you; now become his son-in-law.'"
23 They repeated these words to David. But David said, "Do you think it is a small matter to become the king's son-in-law? I'm only a poor man and little known."
24 When Saul's servants told him what David had said,
25 Saul replied, "Say to David, 'The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.'" Saul's plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.
26 When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king's son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed,
27 David took his men with him and went out and killed two hundred Philistines and brought back their foreskins. They counted out the full number to the king so that David might become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.
28 When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
29 Saul became still more afraid of him, and he remained his enemy the rest of his days.
30 The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul's officers, and his name became well known.