7. And the women sang, as they played, saying, "Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand."
8. Then Saul became exceedingly angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes. And he said: "They have given David ten thousand, and to me they gave only one thousand. What is left for him, except the kingdom itself?"
9. Therefore, Saul did not regard David with a good eye, from that day and thereafter.
10. Then, on the next day, the evil spirit from God assailed Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand, just as at every other time. And Saul held a lance in his hand.
11. And he threw it, thinking that he would be able to fix David to the wall. And David stepped aside twice, from before his face.
12. And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, but he had withdrawn from Saul.
13. Therefore, Saul sent him away from himself, and he made him tribune over one thousand men. And he entered and departed in the sight of the people.
14. Also, David acted prudently in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
15. And so, Saul saw that he was exceedingly prudent, and he began to be wary of him.
16. But all of Israel and Judah loved David. For he entered and departed before them.
17. And Saul said to David: "Behold, my elder daughter, Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be a valiant man, and fight the wars of the Lord." Now Saul was considering within himself, saying, "Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him."
18. Then David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life, and what is my father's kinship within Israel, that I should be the son-in-law of the king?"
19. Then it happened that, at the time when Merab, the daughter of Saul, was to be given to David, she was given to Adriel, the Meholathite, as wife.
20. Now Michal, the other daughter of Saul, loved David. And this was reported to Saul, and it pleased him.
21. And Saul said, "I will give her to him, so that she may be a stumbling block to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him." And Saul said to David, "In two things, you shall be my son-in-law today."
22. And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: "Behold, you are pleasing to the king, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, be the son-in-law of the king."