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Then David said to the Philistine, You come against me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield; but I come against you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.

And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands; and what more can he have but the kingdom?

And Saul threw the javelin; for he said, I will pin David to the wall. But David evaded it twice.

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out to war and came in before them.

And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Nadab, I will give her to you to wife, but you must become a commander-in-chief for me and fight the LORDS battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.

But it came to pass at the time when Nadab, Sauls daughter should have been given to David, she was given to Azriel the Meholathite to wife.

And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king does not desire any dowry, but two hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of his enemies. But King Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

And when the servants of Saul told David these words, it pleased David well to be the kings son-in-law; but the time had not come.

But Jonathan, Sauls son, was delighted much in David; and Jonathan spoke to David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you; now therefore take heed to yourself, and sit in a secret place and hide yourself;

And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the javelin; but he fled from Sauls presence, and Saul stuck the javelin into the wall; and David fled, and escaped that night.

Saul then sent messengers to Davids house to watch him and to slay him in the morning; but Malchel, Davids wife, told him, saying, If you do not save yourself tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death.

And David swore moreover, and said, It is because your father knows that I have found favor in your eyes; therefore he has said. Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; but truly as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.

And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit in the presence of your father to eat; but let me go that I may hide myself in the field until the third day at evening.

If he says thus, It is well; then your servant shall have peace; but if he is displeased, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is folly in me, slay me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?

The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan; but if it please my father to do you harm, then I will disclose it to you, and send you away that you may go in peace; and the LORD be with you as he has been with my father.

But if I say thus to the lad, Behold, the arrows are beyond you; then go your way; for the LORD has sent you away.

And the king sat upon his seat by the wall as at other times; and Jonathan went and sat upon a seat, and Abner sat by Sauls side, but Davids place was empty.