The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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1 Samuel 18:13 (ESV)
So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.

 

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1 Samuel 18:14 (ESV)
And David had success in all his undertakings, for the LORD was with him.

 

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1 Samuel 18:15 (ESV)
And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him.

 

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1 Samuel 18:16 (KJV)
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

 

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1 Samuel 18:17 (ESV)
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

 

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1 Samuel 18:18 (KJV)
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?

 

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[h=1](1 Samuel 18:19): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]19 So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

 

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(1 Samuel 18:20): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)

20 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul, the thing was agreeable to him.

 

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1 Samuel 18:21 (ESV)
Saul thought, “Let me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall now be my son-in-law.”

 

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1 Samuel 18:22 (ESV)
And Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David in private and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now then become the king’s son-in-law.’”

 

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1 Samuel 18:23 (KJV)
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?

 

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1 Samuel 18:24 (NASB)
[SUP]24 [/SUP] The servants of Saul reported to him according to these words which David spoke.

 

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1 Samuel 18:25 (KJV)
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.

 

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1 Samuel 18:26 (ESV)
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the time had expired,

 

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1 Samuel 18:27 (ESV)
David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.

 

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1 Samuel 18:28 (KJV)
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

 

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1 Samuel 18:29 (NASB)
[SUP]29 [/SUP] then Saul was even more afraid of David. Thus Saul was David's enemy continually.

 

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1 Samuel 18:30 (ESV)
Then the commanders of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out David had more success than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.

 

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1 Samuel 19:1 (ESV)
And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David.

 

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1 Samuel 19:2 (ESV)
And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself.