Shmuel Alef 18:15-17

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁵ Wherefore when Sha’ul saw that he was maskil me’od, he was afraid of him.

¹⁶ But kol Yisroel and Yehudah loved Dovid, because he went out and came in before them.

¹⁷ And Sha’ul said to Dovid, Hinei bitti hagedolah Merav, her will I give thee as isha; only be thou ben chayil (valiant) for me, and fight Hashem’s milchamot. For Sha’ul said, Let not mine yad be upon him, but let the yad Pelishtim be upon him.