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So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. The head of the Philistine was in his hand.

David went out whenever Saul sent him, and he succeeded. So Saul appointed him over the men of the war, and it pleased all the people and even pleased the servants of Saul.

So Saul was watching David with suspicion from that day onward.

So Saul removed him from his presence, and made him commander of a thousand, so he marched in and out at the front of the army.

Now Saul's daughter Michal loved David, so they told Saul, and the matter pleased him.

And Saul thought, "I will give her to him, so that she may be a snare for him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him." So Saul said to David, "For a second time you can become my son-in-law today."

Then Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David in secret, saying, ‘Look, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. So then, become a son-in-law of the king.'"

So the servants of Saul informed him, saying, "This is what David said."

So his servants told David these words, and the matter pleased David to become the son-in-law of the king as the specified time had not expired.

Saul was threatened by David still more, so Saul became a perpetual enemy of David.

So Jonathan informed David, saying, "My father Saul is trying to kill you; now please take care! In the morning you should stay in the hiding place and conceal yourself.

So Jonathan spoke well about David to his father Saul and said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his service for you has been very good.

War came again, so David went out and fought against the Philistines and defeated them thoroughly so that they fled before him.

So Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall, and David fled and escaped that same night.

So Michal lowered David through the window, and he went and fled and escaped.

So Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, so that I can kill him."

Then Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me like this and sent away my enemy, so that he escaped?" Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, ‘Let me go, why should I kill you?'"

So David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.

So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing as chief over them, then the Spirit of God came upon Saul's messengers, and they also prophesied.

So they told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Again Saul sent messengers a third time, and they also prophesied.