1 Samuel Trivia:
18:1-4
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
After David finished introducing himself to Saul, he met Saul's son, Jonathan.
They hit it off, right from the start.
Jonathan's soul was knitted to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved David as his own soul. [1]
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
They made a covenant to each other.
Jonathan sealed it by taking off his clothes and giving his sword, bow, and girdle to David.
18:5-16
5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
David behaved himself wisely. [2]
He went wherever Saul sent him. He became Saul's captain and everyone in Israel knew and loved him.
6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
After David killed Goliath, there were celebrations in every city of Israel, in which women danced and sang these words,
Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands. [3]
8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
They say David has killed tens of thousands and I have killed only thousands!Saul didn't trust David from that day forward. [4]Next thing you know, David will have my kingdom, too.
10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
Saul made David his captain and David behaved himself very wisely.
Since David behaved so wisely, Saul was afraid of him.
15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
18:17-31
17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
Here is my daughter Merab. I will give her to you for a wife. [5]
18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
Who am I that you'd give your daughter to me?
19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
Someone told Saul about it and he liked the idea of giving her to David, thinking she would be a snare for him..
22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
Say this to David,The king delights in you and his servants love you.Become his son in law.
23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
How could I become the king's son in law?I am poor man and I'm not well know.
24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Say this to David:
You can buy my daughter, Michal, with 100 Philistines foreskins.
26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men and David brought their foreskins,and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
So David killed 200 Philistines and brought their foreskins to Saul. [6]
And Saul gave Michal to David.
28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
After David bought his daughter, Saul was more afraid of him than ever. And David became Saul's enemy. [8]
30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
And David became famous.
Were David and Jonathan gay?
Like when he buys his first wife with 200 Philistine foreskins a little later in this chapter.
The lyrics seem a bit strange, however, since up to this point David had killed only one person: Goliath.
Saul promised that he'd give his daughter to whoever killed Goliath.
Saul had only asked for 100 foreskins, but David was feeling generous.
How many Philistine foreskins did David buy his first wife with?
How else could David get so many foreskins?