1 Samuel 18
- 1When he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
- 2And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
- 3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
- 4And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his belt.
- 5And David went out wherever 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.
- 6As they came, when David had 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 tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
- 7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
- 8And Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him. He said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
- 9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
- 10The next day, that the evil spirit from God came on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
- 11And Saul cast the javelin. For he said, I will strike David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
- 12And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and had left from Saul.
- 13Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand. He went out and came in before the people.
- 14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
- 15Therefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
- 16But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
- 17And Saul said to David my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you to wife: only be brave for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Do not let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.
- 18And David said to 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?
- 19But it happened at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
- 20And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
- 21And 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. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son in law in the one of the two.
- 22And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son in law.
- 23And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and not important?
- 24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
- 25And Saul said, This is what you shall say to David, The king does not desire any dowry, but a 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.
- 26And 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.
- 27Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the Philistines two hundred men. 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.
- 28And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
- 29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David, and Saul became David's enemy continually.
- 30Then the princes of the Philistines went out: and it happened, after they went out, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul. So that his name was much set by.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 1 Samuel 18 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVWhen he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his belt.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd David went out wherever 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.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAs they came, when David had 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 tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
KJVAnd the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
GIGAKJVAnd the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him. He said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVThe next day, that the evil spirit from God came on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul cast the javelin. For he said, I will strike David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
KJVAnd Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and had left from Saul.
KJVTherefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
GIGAKJVTherefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand. He went out and came in before the people.
KJVAnd David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
GIGAKJVAnd David behaved himself wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
KJVWherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
GIGAKJVTherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul said to David my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you to wife: only be brave for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Do not let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd David said to 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?
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut it happened at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd 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. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son in law in the one of the two.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son in law.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and not important?
KJVAnd the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
GIGAKJVAnd the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul said, This is what you shall say to David, The king does not desire any dowry, but a 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.
KJVWherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the Philistines two hundred men. 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.
KJVAnd Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul was yet the more afraid of David, and Saul became David's enemy continually.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen the princes of the Philistines went out: and it happened, after they went out, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul. So that his name was much set by.
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