Verse 22
1 Samuel 18:22
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: Behold thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king's son in law.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְצַ֨ו שָׁא֜וּל אֶת עֲבָדָ֗/ו דַּבְּר֨וּ אֶל דָּוִ֤ד בַּ/לָּט֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הִנֵּ֨ה חָפֵ֤ץ בְּ/ךָ֙ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וְ/כָל עֲבָדָ֖י/ו אֲהֵב֑וּ/ךָ וְ/עַתָּ֖ה הִתְחַתֵּ֥ן בַּ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And Saul commanded his servants, saying to David secretly, "Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore be the king's son-in-law."
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Chapter 18 Context
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And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with...
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And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
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And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul.
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And Jonathan stripped himself of the coat with which he was clothed, and gave it to David, and the r...
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And David went out to whatsoever business Saul sent him, and he behaved himself prudently: and Saul...
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Now when David returned, after be slew the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israe...
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And the women sung as they played, and they said: I Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thous...
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And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have give...
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And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward.
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And the day after the evil spirit from God (Elohim) came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst o...
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And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.
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And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from himself.
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Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him a captain over a thousand men, and he went out and...
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And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
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And Saul saw that he was exceeding prudent, and began to beware of him.
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But all Israel and Juda loved David, for he came in and went out before them.
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And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a vali...
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And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should...
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And it came to pass at the time when Merob the daughter of Saul should have been given to David, tha...
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But Michol the other daughter of Saul loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.
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And Saul said: I will give her to him, that she may be a stumblingblock to him, and that the band of...
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And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: Behold thou pleasest the king,...
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And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ears of David. And David said: Doth it seem to...
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And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.
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And Saul said: Speak thus to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred foreskins of...
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And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes...
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And after a few days David rose up, and went with the men that were under him, and he slew of the Ph...
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And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol the daughter of Saul loved him...
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And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became David's enemy continually.
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And the princes of the Philistines went forth: and from the beginning of their going forth, David be...
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