1╙┴ 18:1 ┴ND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF SPEAKING UNTO ╙AUL, THAT THE SOUL OF ╩ONATHAN WAS KNIT WITH THE SOUL OF ─AVID, AND ╩ONATHAN LOVED HIM AS HIS OWN SOUL.
1╙┴ 18:2 ┴ND ╙AUL TOOK HIM THAT DAY, AND WOULD LET HIM GO NO MORE HOME TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE.
1╙┴ 18:3 ╘HEN ╩ONATHAN AND ─AVID MADE A COVENANT, BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM AS HIS OWN SOUL.
1╙┴ 18:4 ┴ND ╩ONATHAN STRIPPED HIMSELF OF THE ROBE THAT WAS UPON HIM, AND GAVE IT TO ─AVID, AND HIS GARMENTS, EVEN TO HIS SWORD, AND TO HIS BOW, AND TO HIS GIRDLE.
1╙┴ 18:5 ┴ND ─AVID WENT OUT WHITHERSOEVER ╙AUL SENT HIM, AND BEHAVED HIMSELF WISELY: AND ╙AUL SET HIM OVER THE MEN OF WAR, AND HE WAS ACCEPTED IN THE SIGHT OF ALL THE PEOPLE, AND ALSO IN THE SIGHT OF ╙AUL'S SERVANTS.
1╙┴ 18:6 ┴ND IT CAME TO PASS AS THEY CAME, WHEN ─AVID WAS RETURNED FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF THE ╨HILISTINE, THAT THE WOMEN CAME OUT OF ALL CITIES OF ╔SRAEL, SINGING AND DANCING, TO MEET KING ╙AUL, WITH TABRETS, WITH JOY, AND WITH INSTRUMENTS OF MUSICK.
1╙┴ 18:7 ┴ND THE WOMEN ANSWERED ONE ANOTHER AS THEY PLAYED, AND SAID, ╙AUL HATH SLAIN HIS THOUSANDS, AND ─AVID HIS TEN THOUSANDS.
1╙┴ 18:8 ┴ND ╙AUL WAS VERY WROTH, AND THE SAYING DISPLEASED HIM; AND HE SAID, ╘HEY HAVE ASCRIBED UNTO ─AVID TEN THOUSANDS, AND TO ME THEY HAVE ASCRIBED BUT THOUSANDS: AND WHAT CAN HE HAVE MORE BUT THE KINGDOM?
1╙┴ 18:9 ┴ND ╙AUL EYED ─AVID FROM THAT DAY AND FORWARD.
1╙┴ 18:10 ┴ND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW, THAT THE EVIL SPIRIT FROM ╟OD CAME UPON ╙AUL, AND HE PROPHESIED IN THE MIDST OF THE HOUSE: AND ─AVID PLAYED WITH HIS HAND, AS AT OTHER TIMES: AND THERE WAS A JAVELIN IN ╙AUL'S HAND.
1╙┴ 18:11 ┴ND ╙AUL CAST THE JAVELIN; FOR HE SAID, ╔ WILL SMITE ─AVID EVEN TO THE WALL WITH IT. ┴ND ─AVID AVOIDED OUT OF HIS PRESENCE TWICE.
1╙┴ 18:12 ┴ND ╙AUL WAS AFRAID OF ─AVID, BECAUSE THE ╠╧╥─ WAS WITH HIM, AND WAS DEPARTED FROM ╙AUL.
1╙┴ 18:13 ╘HEREFORE ╙AUL REMOVED HIM FROM HIM, AND MADE HIM HIS CAPTAIN OVER A THOUSAND; AND HE WENT OUT AND CAME IN BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
1╙┴ 18:14 ┴ND ─AVID BEHAVED HIMSELF WISELY IN ALL HIS WAYS; AND THE ╠╧╥─ WAS WITH HIM.
1╙┴ 18:15 ╫HEREFORE WHEN ╙AUL SAW THAT HE BEHAVED HIMSELF VERY WISELY, HE WAS AFRAID OF HIM.
1╙┴ 18:16 ┬UT ALL ╔SRAEL AND ╩UDAH LOVED ─AVID, BECAUSE HE WENT OUT AND CAME IN BEFORE THEM.
1╙┴ 18:17 ┴ND ╙AUL SAID TO ─AVID, ┬EHOLD MY ELDER DAUGHTER ═ERAB, HER WILL ╔ GIVE THEE TO WIFE: ONLY BE THOU VALIANT FOR ME, AND FIGHT THE ╠╧╥─'S BATTLES. ╞OR ╙AUL SAID, ╠ET NOT MINE HAND BE UPON HIM, BUT LET THE HAND OF THE ╨HILISTINES BE UPON HIM.
1╙┴ 18:18 ┴ND ─AVID SAID UNTO ╙AUL, ╫HO AM ╔? AND WHAT IS MY LIFE, OR MY FATHER'S FAMILY IN ╔SRAEL, THAT ╔ SHOULD BE SON IN LAW TO THE KING?
1╙┴ 18:19 ┬UT IT CAME TO PASS AT THE TIME WHEN ═ERAB ╙AUL'S DAUGHTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ─AVID, THAT SHE WAS GIVEN UNTO ┴DRIEL THE ═EHOLATHITE TO WIFE.
1╙┴ 18:20 ┴ND ═ICHAL ╙AUL'S DAUGHTER LOVED ─AVID: AND THEY TOLD ╙AUL, AND THE THING PLEASED HIM.
1╙┴ 18:21 ┴ND ╙AUL SAID, ╔ WILL GIVE HIM HER, THAT SHE MAY BE A SNARE TO HIM, AND THAT THE HAND OF THE ╨HILISTINES MAY BE AGAINST HIM. ╫HEREFORE ╙AUL SAID TO ─AVID, ╘HOU SHALT THIS DAY BE MY SON IN LAW IN THE ONE OF THE TWAIN.
1╙┴ 18:22 ┴ND ╙AUL COMMANDED HIS SERVANTS, SAYING, ├OMMUNE WITH ─AVID SECRETLY, AND SAY, ┬EHOLD, THE KING HATH DELIGHT IN THEE, AND ALL HIS SERVANTS LOVE THEE: NOW THEREFORE BE THE KING'S SON IN LAW.
1╙┴ 18:23 ┴ND ╙AUL'S SERVANTS SPAKE THOSE WORDS IN THE EARS OF ─AVID. ┴ND ─AVID SAID, ╙EEMETH IT TO YOU A LIGHT THING TO BE A KING'S SON IN LAW, SEEING THAT ╔ AM A POOR MAN, AND LIGHTLY ESTEEMED?
1╙┴ 18:24 ┴ND THE SERVANTS OF ╙AUL TOLD HIM, SAYING, ╧N THIS MANNER SPAKE ─AVID.
1╙┴ 18:25 ┴ND ╙AUL SAID, ╘HUS SHALL YE SAY TO ─AVID, ╘HE KING DESIRETH NOT ANY DOWRY, BUT AN HUNDRED FORESKINS OF THE ╨HILISTINES, TO BE AVENGED OF THE KING'S ENEMIES. ┬UT ╙AUL THOUGHT TO MAKE ─AVID FALL BY THE HAND OF THE ╨HILISTINES.
1╙┴ 18:26 ┴ND WHEN HIS SERVANTS TOLD ─AVID THESE WORDS, IT PLEASED ─AVID WELL TO BE THE KING'S SON IN LAW: AND THE DAYS WERE NOT EXPIRED.
1╙┴ 18:27 ╫HEREFORE ─AVID AROSE AND WENT, HE AND HIS MEN, AND SLEW OF THE ╨HILISTINES TWO HUNDRED MEN; AND ─AVID BROUGHT THEIR FORESKINS, AND THEY GAVE THEM IN FULL TALE TO THE KING, THAT HE MIGHT BE THE KING'S SON IN LAW. ┴ND ╙AUL GAVE HIM ═ICHAL HIS DAUGHTER TO WIFE.
1╙┴ 18:28 ┴ND ╙AUL SAW AND KNEW THAT THE ╠╧╥─ WAS WITH ─AVID, AND THAT ═ICHAL ╙AUL'S DAUGHTER LOVED HIM.
1╙┴ 18:29 ┴ND ╙AUL WAS YET THE MORE AFRAID OF ─AVID; AND ╙AUL BECAME ─AVID'S ENEMY CONTINUALLY.
1╙┴ 18:30 ╘HEN THE PRINCES OF THE ╨HILISTINES WENT FORTH: AND IT CAME TO PASS, AFTER THEY WENT FORTH, THAT ─AVID BEHAVED HIMSELF MORE WISELY THAN ALL THE SERVANTS OF ╙AUL; SO THAT HIS NAME WAS MUCH SET BY.
