1 Depois dessa conversa de Davi com Saul, surgiu tão grande amizade entre Jônatas e Davi que Jônatas tornou-se o seu melhor amigo.
2 Daquele dia em diante, Saul manteve Davi consigo e não o deixou voltar à casa de seu pai.
3 E Jônatas fez um acordo de amizade com Davi, pois se tornara o melhor amigo de Davi.
4 Jônatas tirou o manto que estava vestindo e deu-o a Davi, junto com sua túnica, e até sua espada, seu arco e seu cinturão.
5 Tudo que Saul lhe ordenava fazer, Davi fazia com tanta habilidade que Saul lhe deu um posto elevado no exército. Isto agradou a todo o povo, bem como aos conselheiros de Saul.
6 Quando os soldados voltavam para casa, depois de Davi ter matado o filisteu, as mulheres saíram de todas as cidades de Israel ao encontro do rei Saul com cânticos e danças, com tamborins, com músicas alegres e instrumentos de três cordas.
7 Enquanto dançavam, as mulheres cantavam: "Saul matou milhares, e Davi, dezenas de milhares".
8 Saul ficou muito irritado, com esse refrão e, aborrecido disse: "Atribuíram a Davi dezenas de milhares, mas a mim apenas milhares. O que mais lhe falta senão o reino? "
9 Daí em diante Saul olhava com inveja para Davi.
10 No dia seguinte, um espírito maligno mandado por Deus apoderou-se de Saul e ele entrou em transe profético em sua casa, enquanto Davi tocava harpa, como costumava fazer. Saul estava com uma lança na mão
11 e a atirou, dizendo: "Encravarei Davi na parede". Mas Davi desviou-se duas vezes.
12 Saul tinha medo de Davi porque o Senhor o havia abandonado e agora estava com Davi.
13 Então afastou Davi de sua presença e deu-lhe o comando de uma tropa de mil soldados, e Davi a conduzia em suas campanhas.
14 Ele tinha êxito em tudo o que fazia, pois o Senhor estava com ele.
15 Quando Saul como ele tinha habilidade, teve muito medo dele.
16 Todo Israel e Judá, porém, gostava de Davi, pois ele os conduzia em suas batalhas.
17 Saul disse a Davi: "Aqui está a minha filha mais velha, Merabe. Eu a darei em casamento a você; apenas sirva-me com bravura e lute as batalhas do Senhor". Pois Saul pensou: "Não o matarei. Deixo isso para os filisteus! "
18 Mas Davi disse a Saul: "Quem sou eu, e o que é minha família ou o clã de meu pai em Israel para que eu me torne genro do rei? "
19 Por isso, quando chegou a época de Merabe, a filha de Saul, ser dada em casamento a Davi, ela foi dada a Adriel, de Meolá.
20 Mical, a outra filha de Saul, gostava de Davi. Quando disseram isto a Saul, ele ficou contente e pensou:
21 "Eu a darei a ele, para que lhe sirva de armadilha, fazendo-o cair nas mãos dos filisteus". Então Saul disse a Davi: "Hoje você tem uma segunda oportunidade de tornar-se meu genro".
22 Então Saul ordenou aos seus conselheiros que falassem em particular com Davi, dizendo: "O rei está satisfeito com você, e todos os seus conselheiros o estimam. Torne-se, agora, seu genro".
23 Quando falaram com Davi, ele disse: "Vocês acham que tornar-se genro do rei é fácil? Sou homem pobre e sem recursos".
24 Quando os conselheiros de Saul lhe contaram o que Davi tinha dito,
25 Saul ordenou que dissessem a Davi: "O rei não quer outro preço pela noiva além de cem prepúcios de filisteus, para vingar-se de seus inimigos". O plano de Saul era que Davi fosse morto pelos filisteus.
26 Quando os conselheiros falaram novamente com Davi, ele gostou da idéia de tornar-se genro do rei. Por isso, antes de terminar o prazo estipulado,
27 Davi e seus soldados saíram e mataram duzentos filisteus. Ele trouxe os prepúcios e apresentou-os ao rei para que se tornasse seu genro. Então Saul lhe deu em casamento sua filha Mical.
28 Quando Saul viu claramente que o Senhor estava com Davi e que sua filha Mical o amava,
29 temeu-o ainda mais e continuou seu inimigo pelo resto de sua vida.
30 Os comandantes filisteus continuaram saindo para a batalha, e, todas as vezes que o faziam, Davi tinha mais habilidade do que os outros oficiais de Saul, e ele tornou-se ainda mais famoso.
1 Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.
2 And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.
3 Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.
4 And Jonathan took off the robe he had on and gave it to David, with all his military dress, even to his sword and his bow and the band round his body.
5 And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.
6 Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.
7 And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.
8 And Saul was very angry and this saying was unpleasing to him; and he said, They have given David credit for tens of thousands, and to me for only thousands: what more is there for him but the kingdom?
9 And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.
10 Now on the day after, an evil spirit from God came on Saul with great force and he was acting like a prophet among the men of his house, while David was making music for him, as he did day by day: and Saul had his spear in his hand.
11 And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.
12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.
13 So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.
14 And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.
15 And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.
16 But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.
17 And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.
18 And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?
19 But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath.
20 And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased.
21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.
22 And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.
23 And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?
24 And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.
25 And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.
26 And when his servants said these words to David, he was well pleased to be the son-in-law of the king. And the days were still not past.
27 So David and his men got up and went, and put to death two hundred of the Philistines; and David took their private parts and gave the full number of them to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for his wife.
28 And it was clear to Saul that the Lord was with David; and he was loved by all Israel.
29 And Saul's fear of David became all the greater, and he went on hating him, day by day.
30 Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.