Saul's Jealousy of David
1 Kingdoms 18, verse 1. From all the cities of Israel, women came out dancing with tambourines, with joy, and with cymbals to greet David. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 2. And the women began a song and sang, “Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.” 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 3. These words seemed evil in the eyes of Saul, and he said to David, “They ascribed to you ten thousands, and to me they ascribed only thousands.” 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 4. So from that day forward, Saul eyed David with suspicion, 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 5. as Saul was apprehensive of the mere presence of David, 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 6. and he removed David from himself. He made David his captain of a thousand, and he went out and came in before the people. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 7. David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 8. And Saul saw David to be exceedingly wise, and felt challenged by his presence. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 9. But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before the people.
David Weds Michal
1 Kingdoms 18, verse 10. Now Michal, daughter of Saul, loved David. And it was told to Saul, and it was pleasing in his eyes. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 11. So Saul said, “I will give her to him, and she will be a stumbling-block to him.” At this same time, the hand of the Philistines was against Saul. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 12. So Saul gave instruction to his servants, saying, “Speak to David secretly and say, ‘Look, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you. Become the son-in-law of the king.’” 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 13. So Saul's servants spoke these words in the ear of David. And David said, “Is it trivial in your eyes if one becomes the son-in-law of the king when he is lowly and without honor?” 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 14. And the servants of Saul told him what David had said. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 15. Then Saul said, “Thus you shall say to David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, as vengeance on the enemies of the king.’” However, Saul schemed to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 16. And the servants of Saul told David these words, and it was pleasing in the eyes of David to become the son-in-law of the king. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 17. And David arose, and he and his men went and killed in battle a hundred men of the Philistines. And he brought their foreskins to the king. He became the son-in-law of the king, and Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 18. Thus Saul could see the Lord was with David, and all Israel loved him. 1 Kingdoms 18, verse 19. Saul was now even more apprehensive about David.