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David took Goliath's head to Jerusalem and put Goliath's weapons in his own tent.

Saul kept David with him from that day on and did not let him go home to his father's house.

He took off his coat and gave it to David, along with his armor, including his sword, bow, and belt.

As they played, they sang, "Saul has killed thousands of his enemies, but David has killed tens of thousands."

The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied in his house. David was playing the harp as he usually did, but Saul had a spear in his hand.

And Saul ordered his servants to talk with David in private and say, "Look, the king likes you. His servants love you. You should be his son-in-law."

Saul said, "Tell David, ‘The king doesn't want money for the bride. All he wants is a hundred Philistine foreskins to get even with his enemies.'" Saul planned to let the Philistines kill David.

So he and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. David brought all their foreskins to Saul so he could be the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal for his wife.

Saul saw that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David.

So he grew even more afraid of David, and he was David's enemy all his life.

Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David, but Jonathan liked David very much.

When Jonathan talked to Saul his father, he said good things about David. Jonathan said, "The king should do no wrong to your servant David since he has done nothing wrong to you. What he has done has helped you greatly.

David risked his life when he killed Goliath the Philistine, and the Lord won a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and were happy. Why would you do wrong against David? He's innocent. There's no reason to kill him!"

But once again an evil spirit from the Lord rushed upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. David was playing the harp.

Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David jumped out of the way. So Saul's spear went into the wall, and David ran away that night.

Saul sent them back to see David, saying, "Bring him to me on his bed so I can kill him."

He took off his robes and prophesied in front of Samuel. He lay that way all day and all night. That is why people ask, "Is even Saul one of the prophets?"

If your father notices I am gone, tell him, ‘David begged me to let him go to his hometown of Bethlehem. Every year at this time his family group offers a sacrifice.'

And Jonathan asked David to repeat his promise of love for him, because he loved David as much as he loved himself.

Jonathan asked his father, "Why should David be killed? What wrong has he done?"