1 Samuel 18 - The Scriptures 1998 The Scriptures 1998
1 Samuel 18

¹ And it came to be, when he had ended speaking to Sha’ul, that the being of Yehonathan was knit to the being of Dawiḏ

² And Sha’ul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father’s house any more.

³ And Yehonathan and Dawiḏ

⁴ And Yehonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to Dawiḏ

⁵ And Dawiḏ

⁶ And it came to be, as they came in, as Dawiḏ

⁷ And the women sang as they danced, and said, “Sha’ul smote his thousands, and Dawiḏ

⁸ And Sha’ul was very wroth, and this matter was evil in his eyes, and he said, “To Dawiḏ

⁹ And from that day on Sha’ul eyed Dawiḏ

¹⁰ And it came to be on the next day that an evil spirit from Elohim came upon Sha’ul, and he prophesied inside the house, while Dawiḏ

¹¹ Then Sha’ul hurled the spear, for he said, “Let me smite Dawiḏ

¹² And Sha’ul was afraid of Dawiḏ

¹³ Sha’ul therefore removed him from his presence, and made him his commander over a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.

¹⁴ And Dawiḏ

¹⁵ And Sha’ul saw that he was acting very wisely, and was afraid of him.

¹⁶ But all Yisra’ĕ

¹⁷ And Sha’ul said to Dawiḏ

¹⁸ And Dawiḏ

¹⁹ And it came to be at the time when Mĕ

²⁰ And Miḵ

²¹ And Sha’ul said, “Let me give her to him and let her be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines be against him.” So Sha’ul said to Dawiḏ

²² And Sha’ul commanded his servants, “Speak to Dawiḏ

²³ And the servants of Sha’ul spoke those words in the hearing of Dawiḏ

²⁴ And the servants of Sha’ul told him, saying, “Dawiḏ

²⁵ And Sha’ul said, “Say to Dawiḏ

²⁶ And his servants declared these words to Dawiḏ

²⁷ and Dawiḏ

²⁸ And Sha’ul saw and knew that יהוה  was with Dawiḏ

²⁹ So then Sha’ul was still more afraid of Dawiḏ

³⁰ And the princes of the Philistines went out to fight. And it came to be, whenever they went out, that Dawiḏ