1. When he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan became attached to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2. Saul took him on that very day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.
3. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
4. Jonathan stripped off the robe that he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his fighting attire, and even his sword, his bow, and his belt.
5. David went out whenever Saul sent him, and he succeeded. So Saul appointed him over the men of the war, and it pleased all the people and even pleased the servants of Saul.
6. When they were coming back after David had returned from striking down the Philistine, the women went out from all the cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments.
7. And the women sang as they danced, and they said, “Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands!”
8. Saul became very angry, and this saying displeased him, and he thought, “They have attributed to David ten thousands, but to me they have attributed thousands! What more can he have but the kingdom?”
9. So Saul was watching David with suspicion from that day onward.