5. And David went forth; whithersoever Saul sent him he prospered; 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.
6. And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambours, with joy, and with triangles.
7. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
8. And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and what is there more for him but the kingdom?
9. And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10. And it came to pass the next day that an evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, but David played with his hand, as on other days; and the spear was in Saul's hand.
11. And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.
12. And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and had departed from Saul.
13. And Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14. And David prospered in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
15. And Saul saw that he prospered well, and he stood in awe of him.
16. But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
17. And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.
18. And 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?
19. And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
20. And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.
21. And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.