5. And Dovid went out whithersoever Sha'ul sent him, and prospered; and Sha'ul set him over the anshei hamilchamah, and he was accepted in the sight of kol HaAm, and also in the sight of the avdei Sha'ul.
6. And it came to pass as they came, when Dovid was returned from the slaughter of the Pelishti, that the nashim came out of all towns of Yisroel, singing and dancing, to meet Sha'ul HaMelech, with tambourines, with simchah, and with cymbals.
7. And the nashim answered one another as they played, and said, Sha'ul hath slain his alafim, and Dovid his revavot (myriads).
8. And Sha'ul was very angry, and the saying was displeasing in his eyes and he said, They have ascribed unto Dovid revavot, and to me they have ascribed but alafim; and what can he have more but the maluchah (kingship)?
9. And there was jealous suspicion in the way Sha'ul eyed Dovid from that day forward.
10. And it came to pass on the next day, that the ruach Elohim ra'ah came upon Sha'ul, and he prophesied inside the bais; and Dovid made [kinnor] music with his yad, as at other times; and there was a khanit in the yad Sha'ul.
11. And Sha'ul hurled the khanit; for he said, I will pin Dovid even to the wall with it. And Dovid escaped his presence twice.
12. And Sha'ul was afraid of Dovid, because Hashem was with him, and was departed from Sha'ul.
13. Therefore Sha'ul removed him from him, and made him his sar elef; and he went out and came in before HaAm.
14. And Dovid was maskil (successful) in kol drakhim of him; and Hashem was with him.
15. Wherefore when Sha'ul saw that he was maskil me'od, he was afraid of him.
16. But kol Yisroel and Yehudah loved Dovid, because he went out and came in before them.