Saul’s Growing Fear of David
1After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself. 2From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family. 3And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. 4Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.
5Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the troops, and Saul’s officers as well.
6When 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, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres. 7As they danced, they sang:
“Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his tens of thousands.”
8Saul 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?” 9And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.
10The next day an evil18:10 Or a harmful spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand 11and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
12Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul. 13So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns. 14In everything he did he had great success, because the Lord was with him. 15When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him. 16But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.
17Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul said to himself, “I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!”
18But David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?” 19So18:19 Or However, when the time came for Merab, Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
20Now Saul’s daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased. 21“I will give her to him,” he thought, “so that she may be a snare 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.”
22Then 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.’ ”
23They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.”
24When Saul’s servants told him what David had said, 25Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’ ” Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.
26When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed, 27David 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 in marriage.
28When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David, 29Saul became still more afraid of him, and he remained his enemy the rest of his days.
30The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name became well known.
扫罗嫉妒大卫
1大卫与扫罗说完话后，约拿单与大卫情投意合，他像爱自己一样爱大卫。 2从那天起，扫罗把大卫留在身边，不让他再回父亲那里。 3约拿单像爱自己一样爱大卫，他与大卫立了盟约， 4并把身上的外袍、战衣、刀、弓和腰带都送给大卫。 5无论扫罗派大卫办什么事，他都表现出色。扫罗派他做军队的将领，民众和扫罗的臣仆都非常满意。
6大卫杀死了非利士人歌利亚，与众人归来时，妇女们击鼓弹琴、载歌载舞地从以色列各城出来迎接扫罗王。 7她们跳舞歌唱：“扫罗杀死千千，大卫杀死万万。” 8扫罗听了非常愤怒，对这话很反感，就说：“她们将万万归功给大卫，将千千归功给我，只剩我的王位没有给他了！” 9扫罗从此对大卫起了嫉妒之心。
10第二天，从上帝那里来的邪灵突然降在扫罗身上，他就在屋子里叫闹不停，大卫照常为他弹琴。扫罗当时手上拿着矛， 11他突然把矛投向大卫，心想：“我要把他刺透，钉在墙上。”他投了两次，大卫都躲过了。
12耶和华离开了扫罗与大卫同在，所以扫罗忌惮大卫。 13他把大卫调离自己身边，立为千夫长，让他领兵作战。 14耶和华与大卫同在，因此他事事成功。 15扫罗看见大卫做事精明，就忌惮他。 16以色列人和犹大人都爱戴他，因为他带领他们作战。
17扫罗对大卫说：“我要把大女儿米拉嫁给你，但你要英勇作战，效忠于我，为耶和华争战。”扫罗心里想：“我不要亲自动手，我要借非利士人的手杀他。” 18大卫说：“我算什么？我的家族在以色列那么卑微，我怎么配做王的女婿呢？” 19到了与大卫成婚的日子，扫罗却把米拉嫁给了米何拉人亚得列。 20扫罗的次女米甲爱上了大卫，扫罗知道了非常高兴。 21他心里想：“我把这个女儿给大卫，让他中圈套，好借非利士人的手杀掉他。”于是，他对大卫说：“你现在还有一次机会做我的女婿。” 22他又吩咐臣仆，说：“你们私底下告诉大卫，说王很欣赏他，群臣都爱戴他，劝他做王的女婿。” 23扫罗的臣仆把这话告诉了大卫，大卫却说：“做王的女婿岂是一件小事呢？我不过是个贫穷卑微的人。” 24臣仆把大卫这番话回报扫罗， 25扫罗说：“你们去告诉大卫，就说王只需要一百个非利士人的包皮作聘礼，好向他的敌人报仇。”扫罗想让大卫死在非利士人的手上。 26臣仆把这番话告诉了大卫，大卫欣然答应做王的女婿。期限到来之前， 27大卫和部下出去杀了二百个非利士人，把他们的包皮全部献给扫罗，好做王的女婿。扫罗便把女儿米甲嫁给了大卫。 28扫罗知道耶和华与大卫同在，自己的女儿米甲也爱他， 29就更加忌惮大卫，终生与大卫为敌。
30非利士人的将领常来进犯，大卫每次作战总比扫罗的其他臣仆出色，因而倍受尊重。
