And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but (A)the kingdom?”

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And Saul eyed David from that day on.

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11 And Saul (A)hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded him twice.

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12 (A)Saul was afraid of David because (B)the Lord was with him (C)but had departed from Saul.

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15 And when Saul saw that (A)he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him.

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David Marries Michal

17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is (A)my elder daughter Merab. (B)I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me (C)and fight the Lord's battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, (D)but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

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21 Saul thought, “Let me give her to him, that she may (A)be a snare for him (B)and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time,[a] (C)“You shall now be my son-in-law.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:21 Hebrew by two

25 Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no (A)bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, (B)that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.’” (C)Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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29 Saul was even more afraid of David. So Saul was David's enemy continually.

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