1 Sam 18:14 David was prospering in all his ways for the LORD was with him.
1 Sam 18:15 When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, he dreaded him.
1 Sam 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he went out and came in before them.
1 Sam 18:17 ¶ Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the LORD'S battles." For Saul thought, "My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him."
1 Sam 18:18 But David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law?"
1 Sam 18:19 So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
1 Sam 18:20 ¶ Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. When they told Saul, the thing was agreeable to him.
1 Sam 18:21 Saul thought, "I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and 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."
1 Sam 18:22 Then Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David secretly, saying, 'Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become the king's son-in-law.'"
1 Sam 18:23 So Saul's servants spoke these words to David. But David said, "Is it trivial in your sight to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?"
1 Sam 18:24 The servants of Saul reported to him according to these words which David spoke.
1 Sam 18:25 Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies.'" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1 Sam 18:26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to become the king's son-in-law. Before the days had expired
1 Sam 18:27 David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife.
1 Sam 18:28 When Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,
1 Sam 18:29 then Saul was even more afraid of David. Thus Saul was David's enemy continually.
1 Sam 18:30 ¶ Then the commanders of the Philistines went out to battle, and it happened as often as they went out, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul. So his name was highly esteemed.
1 Sam 19:1 Now Saul told Jonathan his son and all his servants to put David to death. But Jonathan, Saul's son, greatly delighted in David.
1 Sam 19:2 So Jonathan told David saying, "Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.
1 Sam 19:3 "I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; if I find out anything, then I will tell you."