1 Samuel 18:1–19:24
Septuagint (Brenton) compared with World English Bible (Masoretic-derived)
Full reading for Day 128
1 Samuel 18:1–19:24 · Psalm 57 (MT: 58) · Proverbs 15:27–30 · Luke 24:1–35
This Book Has Restored Content
David and Goliath: the LXX tells a shorter, more coherent story.
Showing 1 Samuel 18:1 through 19:24
View
Septuagint (Brenton)
Authoritative text
World English Bible
Masoretic-derived · highlighted where altered
6And there came out women in dances to meet David out of all the cities of Israel, with timbrels, and with rejoicing, and with cymbals.
6As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
7And the women began [the strain], and said, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
7The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
8And it seemed evil in the eyes of Saul concerning this matter, and he said, To David they have given ten thousands, and to me they have given thousands.
8Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have credited David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?”
12And Saul was alarmed on account of David.
12Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul.
13And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people.
13Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14And David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
14David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.
15And Saul saw that he was very wise, and he was afraid of him.
15When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
16And all Israel and Juda loved David, because he came in and went out before the people.
16But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
20And Melchol the daughter of Saulloved David; and it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes.
20Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling-block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul .
21Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall today be my son-in-law.”
22And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak ye privately to David , saying, Behold, the king delights in thee, and all his servants love thee, and do thou become the king's son-in-law.
22Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’”
23And the servants of Saulspoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, [Is it] a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? whereas I [am] an humble man, and not honourable?
23Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and little known?”
24And the servants of Saul reported to him according to these words, which David spoke .
24The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.”
25And Saul said, Thus shall ye speak to David, The king wants no gift but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the king's enemies.Now Saul thought to cast him into the hands of the Philistines.
25Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26And the servants of Saul report these words to David, and David was well pleased to become the son-in-law to the king.
26When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,
27And David arose, and went, he and his men, and smote among the Philistines a hundred men: and he brought their foreskins, and he becomes the king's son-in-law, and [Saul] gives him Melchol his daughter to wife.
27David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
28And Saul saw that the Lord [was] with David, and [that] all Israel loved him.
28Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.
29And he was yet more afraid of David.
29Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.
1And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to slay David.
1Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David.
2And Jonathan, Saul's son, loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill thee: take heed to thyself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide thyself, and dwell in secret .
2Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, live in a secret place, and hide yourself.
3And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where thou shalt be, and I will speak concerning thee to my father ; and I will see what his answer may be, and I will tell thee.
3I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father about you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.”
4And Jonathan spoke favourably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against thy servant David, for he has not sinned against thee, and his deeds [are] very good.
4Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;
5And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israelsaw, and rejoiced: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
5for he put his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”
6And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, [As] the Lord lives, he shall not die.
6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, “As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.”
7And Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and Jonathan brought David in to Saul, and he was before him as in former times.
7Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
8And there was again war against Saul; and David did valiantly, and fought against the Philistines, and smote them with a very great slaughter, and they fled from before him.
8There was war again. David went out and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.
9And an evil spirit from God was upon Saul, and he was resting in his house, and a spear [was] in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands.
9An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing music with his hand.
10And Saul sought to smite David with the spear; and David withdrew [suddenly] from the presence of Saul; and he drove the spear into the wall; and David retreated and escaped .
10Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence; and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled and escaped that night.
11And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of Davidto watch him, in order to slay him in the morning; and Melchol David's wifetold him, saying, Unless thou save thy life this night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain.
11Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
12So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.
12So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped.
13And Melchol took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.
13Michal took the teraphim and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head and covered it with clothes.
14And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.
14When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
15And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may slay him.
15Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
16And the messengers come, and, behold, the images [were] on the bed, and the goat's liver at his head.
16When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
17And Saul said to Melchol, Why hast thou thus deceived me, and suffered my enemy to depart, and he has escaped? and Melchol said to Saul, He said , Let me go, and if not, I will slay thee.
17Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”
18So David fled, and escaped, and comes to Samuel to Armathaim, and tells him all that Saul had done to him: and Samuel and David went, and dwelt in Navath in Rama.
18Now David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.
19And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] in Navath in Rama.
19Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
20And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw the assembly of the prophets , and Samuel stood [as] appointed over them; and the Spirit of Godcame upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesy.
20Saul sent messengers to seize David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, God’s Spirit came on Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.
21And it was told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied: and Saul sent again a third set of messengers, and they also prophesied.
21When Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.
22And Saul was very angry, and went himself also to Armathaim, and he comes as far as the well of the threshing-floor that is in Sephi; and he asked and said, Where [are] Samuel and David? and they said, Behold, in Navath in Rama.
22Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”
23And he went thence to Navath in Rama: and there came the Spirit of God upon him also, and he went on prophesying till he came to Navath in Rama.
23He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then God’s Spirit came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
24And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?
24He also stripped off his clothes. He also prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”