1 Samuel 18:3-13

3 And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.
5 Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the troops, and Saul’s officers as well.
6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres.
7 As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
8 Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?”
9 And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.
10 The next day an evil[a] spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand
11 and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
12 Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
13 So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns.

Cross References 24

  • 1. 1Sa 20:8,16,17,42; 1 Samuel 22:8; 1 Samuel 23:18; 1 Samuel 24:21; 2 Samuel 21:7
  • 2. S Genesis 41:42
  • 3. 2 Samuel 18:11
  • 4. ver 30
  • 5. 2 Samuel 5:2
  • 6. S Exodus 15:20; 2 Samuel 1:20
  • 7. Judges 11:34; Psalms 68:25
  • 8. Exodus 15:21
  • 9. 1 Samuel 21:11; 1 Samuel 29:5; 2 Samuel 18:3
  • 10. S 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 15:8
  • 11. 1 Samuel 19:1
  • 12. S Judges 9:23; S 1 Samuel 16:14
  • 13. S 1 Samuel 10:5
  • 14. 1 Samuel 16:21; 1 Samuel 19:7
  • 15. S 1 Samuel 17:6
  • 16. ver 25; 1 Samuel 20:7,33
  • 17. 1 Samuel 19:10
  • 18. Psalms 132:1
  • 19. ver 29; ver 15,29
  • 20. 1 Samuel 16:13
  • 21. Joshua 1:5; 1 Samuel 17:37; 1 Samuel 20:13; 1 Chronicles 22:11; 1 Samuel 28:15
  • 22. S Judges 16:20
  • 23. ver 16; Numbers 27:17
  • 24. 2 Samuel 5:2

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