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And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab! I will give her to you for a wife; only, you be a brave son for me and fight the battles of Jehovah. And Saul said, Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be onhim.

And it happened at the time Saul was to give his daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

And David rose up and went out, he and his men. And they struck two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and he gave them in full to the king, in order to beson-in-law to the king. And Saul gave him hisdaughter Michal for a wife.

And Jonathan spoke good of David to his father Saul, and said to him, Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you; also because his works for you are very good.

Yea, he has put his life in his hand and killed the Philistine. And Jehovah worked a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. And why do you sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for no reason?

And Jonathan said to David, What your soul may say, I also will do for you.

If looking your father looks for me, then you shall say, David asked earnestly of me to run to his city Bethlehem; for the yearly sacrifice is there for all the family.

If he shall say so, Good! Peace shall be for your servant. But if it burns him greatly, know that evil has been determined by him.

And you shall do kindness to your servant, for you have brought your servant with you into a covenant of Jehovah. And if there is iniquity in me, you kill me. For why is this, that you bring me to your father?

And Jonathan said, Far be it from you! For if I knew with certainty that evil was determined by my father to come on you, would I not tell it to you?

And Jonathan again made David swear, because he loved him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

And Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon, and you shall be expected, for your seat will be empty.

And I will shoot three arrows to the side, shooting at a mark for myself.

And, behold, I shall send a boy, saying , Find the arrows! If I expressly say to the boy, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, take them; then you come, for peace shall be to you, and there is nothing, as Jehovah lives.

But if I say to the young man, Behold, the arrows are away from you and onwards; go, for Jehovah has sent you away.

But Saul did not say anything on that day, for he said, It is an accident; he is not clean; he is surely not clean.

And he said, Please send me away, for we have a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother commanded me. And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me be released, and to see my brothers. So he has not come to the table of theking.

For as long as the son of Jesse lives on earth you shall not be established, you and your kingdom. And now send and bring him to me, for he is a son of death.

And Jonathan rose up from the table in the heat of anger. And he did not eat food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved for David. For his father had put him to shame.

And it happened in the morning that Jonathan went out in the field for the meeting with David. And a little boy was with him.