¹And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Sha’ul [desired] , that the soul of Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] was knit with the soul of David [beloved] , and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] loved him as his own soul.

²And Sha’ul [desired] took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.

³Then Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] and David [beloved] made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

⁴And Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] stripped himself of the robe that [was] upon him, and gave it to David [beloved] , and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his belt.

⁵And David [beloved] went out to wherever Sha’ul [desired] sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Sha’ul [desired] set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sha’ul’s [desired] servants.

⁶And it came to pass as they came, when David [beloved] was returned from the slaughter of the P’lishtim [immigrants] , that the women came out of all cities of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , singing and dancing, to meet king Sha’ul [desired] , with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.

⁷And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Sha’ul [desired] has slain his thousands, and David [beloved] his ten thousands.

⁸And Sha’ul [desired] was very exceedingly angry, and the saying displeased him; nd he said, They have ascribed unto David [beloved] ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed [but] thousands: and [what] can he have more but the kingdom?

⁹And Sha’ul [desired] eyed David [beloved] from that day and forward.

¹⁰And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] came upon Sha’ul [desired] , and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David [beloved] played with his hand, as at other times: and [there was] a javelin in Sha’ul’s [desired] hand.

¹¹And Sha’ul [desired] cast the javelin; for he said, I will strike David [beloved] even to the wall [with it] . And David [beloved] avoided out of his presence twice.

¹²And Sha’ul [desired] was afraid of David [beloved] , because the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was with him, and was departed from Sha’ul [desired] .

¹³Therefore Sha’ul [desired] removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

¹⁴And David [beloved] behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [was] with him.

¹⁵For what reason when Sha’ul [desired] saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

¹⁶But all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] loved David [beloved] , because he went out and came in before them.

¹⁷And Sha’ul [desired] said to David [beloved] , Behold my elder daughter Merav [increase] , her will I give youi to wife: only be youi valiant for me, and fight the Lord -Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] battles. For Sha’ul [desired] said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] be upon him.

¹⁸And David [beloved] said unto Sha’ul [desired] , Who [am] I? and what [is] my life, [or] my father’s family in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , that I should be son in law to the king?

¹⁹But it came to pass at the time when Merav [increase] Sha’ul’s [desired] daughter should have been given to David [beloved] , that she was given unto Adri’el [flock of God] the Mecholati [dancing (in sadness)] to wife.

²⁰And Mikhal [who is like God?] Sha’ul’s [desired] daughter loved David [beloved] : and they told Sha’ul [desired] , and the thing pleased him.

²¹And Sha’ul [desired] said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] may be against him. For what reason Sha’ul [desired] said to David [beloved] , youi shall this day be my son in law in [the one of] the two.

²²And Sha’ul [desired] commanded his servants, [saying] , Commune with David [beloved] secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in youi , and all his servants love youi : now therefore be the king’s son in law.

²³And Sha’ul’s [desired] servants spoke those words in the ears of David [beloved] . And David [beloved] said, Seem it to you [a] light [thing] to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I [am] a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

²⁴And the servants of Sha’ul [desired] told him, saying, On this manner spoke David [beloved] .

²⁵And Sha’ul [desired] said, Thus shall you2f say to David [beloved] , The king desires not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] , to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Sha’ul [desired] thought to make David [beloved] fall by the hand of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] .

²⁶And when his servants told David [beloved] these words, it pleased David [beloved] well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.

²⁷For what reason David [beloved] arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] two hundred men; and David [beloved] brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Sha’ul [desired] gave him Mikhal [who is like God?] his daughter to wife.

²⁸And Sha’ul [desired] saw and knew that the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [was] with David [beloved] , and [that] Mikhal [who is like God?] Sha’ul’s [desired] daughter loved him.

²⁹And Sha’ul [desired] was yet the more afraid of David [beloved] ; and Sha’ul [desired] became David’s [beloved] ’s enemy continually.

³⁰Then the princes of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, [that] David [beloved] behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Sha’ul [desired] ; so that his name was much set by.