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Nahisa si Saul kay David

18 Matapos makahambalanay si David kag si Saul, nag-amigohay si David kag ang anak ni Saul nga si Jonatan. Palangga gid ni Jonatan si David subong sang iya kaugalingon. Halin sadto wala na ginpapauli ni Saul si David sa ila balay. Nagpromisa si Jonatan kay David nga amiguhon niya siya hasta san-o, tungod kay palangga gid niya si David subong sang iya kaugalingon. Sa pagpamatuod sang iya promisa, gin-uba niya ang iya pangguwa nga bayo kag ginhatag kay David, pati ang iya kunop, espada, pana, kag paha.

Nagmadinalag-on si David sa mga ginpahimo sa iya ni Saul, gani ginhatagan siya ni Saul sang mataas nga rangko sa iya mga soldado. Nagustuhan ini sang tanan nga tawo pati man sang mga opisyal ni Saul.

Karon, sang nagapalauli na ang mga Israelinhon matapos mapatay ni David si Goliat, ginsugata si Saul sang mga babayi nga halin sa tanan nga banwa sang Israel. Malipayon sila nga nagakinanta kag nagasinaot nga may mga tamborin kag mga lira. Amo ini ang ila kanta:

“Pila lang ka libo ang napatay ni Saul, pero kay David iya tignapulo ka libo.”

Naakig gid si Saul sang mabatian niya ang ila kanta. Nagsiling siya sa iya kaugalingon, “Nagasiling sila nga tignapulo ka libo ang napatay ni David pero ang akon iya pila lang ka libo. Sa sunod himuon na nila siya nga hari.” Gani halin sadto ginabantayan na sing maayo ni Saul si David tungod kay nahisa siya sa iya.

10-11 Pagkadason nga adlaw, gin-gamhan si Saul sang malaot nga espiritu nga ginpadala sang Dios, kag naghalambalanon siya sa sulod sang iya balay. Nagtukar si David sang arpa para kay Saul subong sang iya masami nga ginahimo. Nagsiling si Saul sa iya kaugalingon samtang nagauyat siya sang bangkaw, “Bangkawon ko si David agod magtapik siya sa dingding.” Kag ginbangkaw niya si David sing makaduha, pero nakalikaw si David.

12 Nahadlok si Saul kay David kay ginaupdan sang Ginoo si David, kag siya iya ginbayaan na sang Ginoo. 13 Gani ginpapalayo niya si David sa iya, kag ginhimo niya siya nga kumander sang 1,000 ka soldado. Ginpanguluhan ni David ang mga soldado sa pagpakig-away. 14 Nagmadinalag-on siya sa tanan nga ginhimo niya tungod kay nagaupod ang Ginoo sa iya. 15 Sang mahibaluan ni Saul nga madinalag-on si David, hinadlukan na gid siya tapat. 16 Pero naluyagan gid sang tanan nga taga-Israel kag taga-Juda si David, tungod kay ginapanguluhan niya sila sa pagpakig-away.

17 Karon nagsiling si Saul kay David, “Handa ako nga ipaasawa sa imo ang akon kamagulangan nga anak nga si Merab sa kondisyon nga ipakita mo sa akon ang imo kaisog sa pagpakig-away para sa Ginoo.” Sa hunahuna ni Saul nga sa sini nga paagi mapatay si David sang mga Filistinhon, kag indi na kinahanglan nga siya pa ang magpatay sa iya. 18 Pero nagsiling si David kay Saul, “Sin-o gid bala ako kag ang akon pamilya nga mangin umagad ako sang hari?”

19 Sang tion nga ipaasawa na si Merab kay David, ginpaasawa ni Saul si Merab kay Adriel nga taga-Mehola.

20 Karon ang isa pa ka anak ni Saul nga babayi nga si Mical naluyag kay David. Kag sang ginsugiran si Saul parte sini, nalipay siya. 21 Nagsiling siya sa iya kaugalingon, “Ipaasawa ko si Mical kay David, kag himuon ko siya nga paon agod nga mapatay si David sang mga Filistinhon.” Gani nagsiling si Saul kay David, “May kahigayunan ka pa nga mangin akon umagad.”

22 Sang ulihi ginsugo ni Saul ang iya mga alagad nga magpakigsugilanon kay David sa sekreto, kag ihambal ini sa iya, “Nagustuhan ka gid sang hari kag sang tanan niya nga mga alagad. Gani magsugot ka na nga mangin iya umagad.” 23 Sang ginhambal nila ini kay David, nagsiling siya, “Indi ako makasarang sa pagbayad kay Saul para mapangasawa ko ang iya anak. Imol lang ako kag indi gani kilala.”

24 Sang ginsugiran nila si Saul sang ginsiling ni David, 25 nagsiling si Saul, “Silinga ninyo si David nga ang akon lang kinahanglan bilang bayad sa pagpangasawa sa akon anak amo ang panit sa punta sang kinatawo sang 100 ka Filistinhon,[a] bilang pagtimalos ko sa ila nga akon mga kaaway.” Amo ato ang plano ni Saul agod mapatay si David sa kamot sang mga Filistinhon.

26 Sang ginsugid ini sang mga alagad ni Saul kay David, nalipay siya nga mangin umagad sang hari. Gani sa wala pa mag-abot ang tion nga gintalana ni Saul kay David, 27 nagpakig-away si David kag ang iya mga tinawo sa mga Filistinhon kag nakapatay sila sang 200 ka Filistinhon. Ginpakuha niya dayon ang panit sa punta sang kinatawo sang mga Filistinhon kag gindala ini tanan sa hari, agod mangin umagad siya sang hari. Gani ginpaasawa ni Saul ang iya anak nga si Mical kay David.

28 Sang mareyalisar ni Saul nga ang Ginoo nagaupod kay David kag naluyag gid ang iya anak nga si Mical kay David, 29 hinadlukan na gid siya tapat kay David. Kag padayon nga kaaway niya si David samtang buhi pa siya.

30 Padayon nga nagpakig-away ang mga Filistinhon sa mga Israelinhon. Kag kada inaway, madinalag-on si David labaw sang sa iban nga mga opisyal ni Saul. Gani nangin bantog gid si David.

Footnotes

  1. 18:25 Ang buot silingon, patyon ni David ang mga Filistinhon kag ipakita niya kay Saul ang panit sa punta sang kinatawo sang 100 sa ila bilang ebidensya nga ginpatay matuod ni David ining wala matuli nga katawhan.

Saul’s Growing Fear of David

18 After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan(A) became one in spirit with David, and he loved(B) him as himself.(C) From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family. And Jonathan made a covenant(D) with David because he loved him as himself. Jonathan took off the robe(E) he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.(F)

Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful(G) that Saul gave him a high rank in the army.(H) This pleased all the troops, and Saul’s officers as well.

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,(I) with joyful songs and with timbrels(J) and lyres. As they danced, they sang:(K)

“Saul has slain his thousands,
    and David his tens(L) of thousands.”

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?(M) And from that time on Saul kept a close(N) eye on David.

10 The next day an evil[a] spirit(O) from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre,(P) as he usually(Q) did. Saul had a spear(R) in his hand 11 and he hurled it, saying to himself,(S) “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded(T) him twice.(U)

12 Saul was afraid(V) of David, because the Lord(W) was with(X) David but had departed from(Y) Saul. 13 So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led(Z) the troops in their campaigns.(AA) 14 In everything he did he had great success,(AB) because the Lord was with(AC) 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.(AD)

17 Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter(AE) Merab. I will give her to you in marriage;(AF) only serve me bravely and fight the battles(AG) of the Lord.” For Saul said to himself,(AH) “I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!”

18 But David said to Saul, “Who am I,(AI) and what is my family or my clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?(AJ) 19 So[b] when the time came for Merab,(AK) Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.(AL)

20 Now Saul’s daughter Michal(AM) was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased.(AN) 21 “I will give her to him,” he thought, “so that she may be a snare(AO) 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?(AP) 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(AQ) for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge(AR) on his enemies.’” Saul’s plan(AS) 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(AT) in marriage.

28 When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal(AU) loved David, 29 Saul became still more afraid(AV) 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(AW) than the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name became well known.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:10 Or a harmful
  2. 1 Samuel 18:19 Or However,

18 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.

11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the 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 the Lord was with him.

15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

18 And David said unto 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 unto 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. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.

23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a 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 spake David.

25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But 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 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

28 And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.

30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.