Day 103, 12 April 2024

1) 1 Samuel 18
1 Samuel 19:1-17
Psalm 59
1 Samuel 19:18-24
1 Samuel 20
Psalm 11

1 SAMUEL 18

Saul Fears David
1 (2Sa 1:26; Ge 44:30; Dt 13:6) When he had finished speaking to Saul,
the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, so that Jonathan
loved him as his own soul.
2 (1Sa 17:15) And Saul took him that day and would not permit him
to return home to his father's house.
3 (1Sa 20:8-17; 20:42) Then Jonathan and David made a covenant
because he loved him as his own soul.
4 (Ge 41:42) So Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him
and gave it to David, even his garments, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
5 (1Sa 18:14-15; 18:30) David went out wherever Saul sent him,
and he was successful. So Saul set him over the men of war,
and it was pleasing in the sight of all the people and also in the sight
of the servants of Saul.
6 (Ex 15:20; Jdg 11:34) When they came home, as David was returning
from slaying the Philistine, the women came out from all cities of Israel
to meet King Saul, singing and dancing, with tambourines, with joy,
and with musical instruments.
7 (1Sa 21:11; Ex 15:21; 1Sa 29:5) The dancing women sang and said,
"Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.''
8 (1Sa 15:28) Saul became very angry, and this saying was displeasing
to him. Therefore he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands,
but to me they have ascribed thousands. Now what remains for him
to have but the kingdom?"
9 So Saul was suspicious of David from that day and forward.

[1] And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that
the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him
as his own soul.
[2] And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his
father's house.
[3] Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own
soul.
[4] And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it
to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his
girdle.
[5] And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself
wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the
sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
[6] And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the
slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of
Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and
with instruments of musick.
[7] And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath
slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
[8] And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said,
They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed
but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
[9] And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

[Recall the command thou shall not covet]

10 (1Sa 19:9; 16:23)It came to pass the following day, that an evil spirit
from God came upon Saul, so that he raved in the midst of the house.
And David was playing the lyre, as at other times. Now there was a spear
in Saul's hand.
11 (1Sa 20:33; Isa 54:17) And Saul threw the spear. For he said,
"I will pin David to the wall." But David avoided him two times.
12 (1Sa 18:15; 18:29) Saul was afraid of David because the Lord
was with him but had departed from Saul.
13 (2Sa 5:2) Therefore Saul removed him from his presence
and placed him as his captain over a thousand. And he went out and came
in before the people.
14 (Ge 39:2-3; 39:23) David was successful in all his ways
and the Lord was with him.
15 When Saul saw that he was very successful, he was afraid of him.
16 (1Sa 18:5) Now all Israel and Judah loved David,
because he went out and came in before them.

[10] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came
upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played
with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
[11] And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the
wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
[12] And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was
departed from Saul.
[13] Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a
thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
[14] And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with
him.
[15] Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was
afraid of him.
[16] But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in
before them.

David Marries Michal
17 (1Sa 17:25; 18:25) Saul said to David, "Behold my elder daughter Merab,
I will give her to you as your wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight
the battles of the Lord." For Saul said, "Let not my hand be against him,
but let the hand of the Philistines be against him."
18 (1Sa 18:23; 2Sa 7:18) But David said to 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?"
19 (Jdg 7:22; 2Sa 21:8) So when it was time that Merab,
daughter of Saul, should have been given to David,
she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
20 (1Sa 18:28) Now Michal, daughter of Saul, loved David
and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 (1Sa 18:17; Ex 10:7) Saul said, "I will give her to him that
she may be a snare to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines
may be against him."
Therefore Saul said to David, "For a second time, you may be
my son-in-law today."
22 Saul commanded his servants, saying, "Speak to David in secret saying,
'Listen, the king delights in you and all his servants love you.
Now therefore become the king's son-in-law.' "
23 So the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David.
And David said, "Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's
son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?"
24 And the servants of Saul reported to him saying,
"According to these words, David spoke."
25 (Ge 34:12; 1Sa 14:24) Saul said, "Thus will you say to David,
'The king does not desire any dowry but a 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.
26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David
well to be the king's son-in-law. Now the days had not expired;
27 (2Sa 3:14) therefore David arose and went, he and his men,
and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought
their foreskins and they gave them in full to the king, that he might be
the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife.
28 When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David,
and that Michal, his daughter, loved him,
29 Saul was yet the more afraid of David,
and Saul became the enemy of David continually.
30 (1Sa 18:5; 2Sa 11:1) Then the commanders of the Philistines went out
to make war. And when they went out David was more successful than
all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly honored.

[17] And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give
thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For
Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the
Philistines be upon him.
[18] 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?
[19] But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have
been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
[20] And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the
thing pleased him.
[21] And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and
that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to
David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
[22] And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly,
and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love
thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
[23] 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?
[24] And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
[25] 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.
[26] And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to
be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
[27] Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the
Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they
gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law.
And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
[28] And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal
Saul's daughter loved him.
[29] And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's
enemy continually.
[30] Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass,
after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the
servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.