1 Depois que Davi terminou de falar com Saul, formou-se de imediato um forte laço de amizade entre ele e Jônatas, filho do rei, por causa do amor que Jônatas tinha por Davi.
2 A partir daquele dia, Saul manteve Davi consigo e não o deixou voltar para a casa de seu pai. 3 Jônatas assumiu um compromisso solene com Davi, pois o amava como a si mesmo. 4 Para selar essa aliança, Jônatas tirou seu manto e o entregou a Davi, junto com sua armadura, sua espada, seu arco e seu cinturão.
5 Davi cumpria com êxito todas as missões de que Saul o encarregava. Então Saul lhe deu uma posição de comando no exército, o que agradou tanto ao povo como aos oficiais de Saul.
6 Quando o exército israelita regressou vitorioso, depois que Davi matou o gigante filisteu, mulheres de todas as cidades saíram ao encontro do rei Saul. Cantavam e dançavam de alegria, com tamborins e címbalos. 7 Esta era a canção:
"Saul matou milhares,
e Davi, dezenas de milhares!".
8 Saul ficou indignado com essas palavras. "O que é isso?", disse ele. "Atribuem a Davi dezenas de milhares, e a mim, apenas milhares? Só falta o declararem rei!" 9 Daquele momento em diante, Saul começou a olhar para Davi com suspeita.
10 No dia seguinte, um espírito maligno enviado por Deus se apoderou de Saul, e ele começou a delirar em sua casa, como se fosse louco. Davi tocava a harpa, como fazia todos os dias. Mas Saul tinha uma lança na mão 11 e, de repente, atirou-a contra Davi, com a intenção de encravá-lo na parede. Davi, porém, escapou duas vezes.
12 Saul tinha medo de Davi, pois o Senhor o havia abandonado e agora estava com Davi. 13 Por fim, Saul o afastou de sua presença e o nomeou comandante de mil soldados, e Davi conduzia as tropas vitoriosamente nas batalhas.
14 Davi continuou a ter êxito em tudo que fazia, pois o Senhor estava com ele. 15 Quando Saul viu isso, teve ainda mais medo. 16 Mas todo o Israel e todo o Judá amavam Davi, porque ele conduzia as tropas vitoriosamente nas batalhas.
17 Certo dia, Saul disse a Davi: "Estou pronto a lhe dar minha filha mais velha, Merabe, por esposa. Mas antes, sirva-me como um guerreiro valente, lutando nas batalhas do Senhor". Pois Saul pensou: "Em vez de matá-lo eu mesmo, vou enviá-lo aos filisteus, e eles o matarão".
18 Davi, porém, respondeu a Saul: "Quem sou eu, e quem é minha família em Israel para que eu me torne genro do rei?". 19 Assim, quando chegou o tempo de Saul dar sua filha Merabe em casamento a Davi, ele a deu a Adriel, um homem de Meolá.
20 Contudo, a outra filha de Saul, Mical, amava Davi, e Saul ficou contente quando soube disso. 21 "É mais uma oportunidade de os filisteus matarem Davi!", pensou ele. Para Davi, porém, ele disse: "Você tem mais uma oportunidade de se tornar meu genro".
22 Então Saul instruiu seus servos a dizerem a Davi, em particular: "O rei gosta muito de você, e nós também. Por que não aceita a oferta do rei e se torna genro dele?".
23 Quando disseram isso a Davi, ele respondeu: "Como um homem pobre e de família humilde terá condições de pagar o dote da filha de um rei?".
24 Então os homens de Saul contaram-lhe o que Davi disse, 25 e Saul respondeu: "Digam a Davi que o único dote que quero são cem prepúcios de filisteus! Desejo apenas me vingar de meus inimigos". Mas Saul planejava que Davi fosse morto na luta.
26 Quando os servos de Saul trouxeram essa notícia a Davi, ele aceitou a oferta de bom grado. Antes do prazo estipulado, 27 ele e seus homens saíram e mataram duzentos filisteus. Davi cumpriu a exigência para tornar-se genro do rei, trazendo-lhe os prepúcios. Então Saul deu sua filha Mical por esposa a Davi.
28 Quando Saul percebeu que o Senhor estava com Davi, e viu como sua filha Mical o amava, 29 temeu Davi ainda mais e continuou a ser inimigo dele pelo resto de sua vida.
30 Sempre que os comandantes dos filisteus atacavam, Davi era mais bem-sucedido contra eles que todos os outros oficiais de Saul. Assim, o nome de Davi se tornou muito famoso.
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 And Saul took him that day, and would no more let him go home to his father's house.
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his belt.
5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
6 And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments
7 And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
8 And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him, and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands, and what can he have more but the kingdom?
9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house. And David played with his hand, as he did day by day, and Saul had his spear in his hand.
11 And Saul cast the spear, for he said, I will smite David even to the wall. And David turned away from his presence twice.
12 And Saul was afraid of David because LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand, and he went out and came in before the people.
14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways, and LORD was with him.
15 And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
17 And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to thee for a wife. Only be thou valiant for me, and fight LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be
18 And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David, and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Thou shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.
22 And Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Converse with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner David spoke.
25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,
27 and David arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the Philistines two hundred men. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Mi
28 And Saul saw and knew that LORD was with David, and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David, and Saul was David's enemy continually.
30 Then the rulers of the Philistines went forth, and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was very precious.