I Samuel 18-19

I Sam 18

David and Jonathan become friends. Saul appoints David as leader of soldiers during the initial campaign. David does well.

They are returning from the front when Saul hears a song by the women of Israel. The song goes "Saul has killed thousands but David has killed ten thousands". This enrages Saul and he develops a fear and jealousy focused on David.

The tormenting spirit returns and David plays the harp as before. This time, Saul twice tries to kill David with a spear, but David escapes both times.

Saul offers his eldest daughter to David, but David refuses. Meanwhile, Saul's youngest daughter Michal falls in love with David. Saul offers David Michal in marriage, but the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins. This was intended as a way to get David killed, but David and his men come back with 200.

I Sam 19

Saul tells his men to go kill David, but Jonathan talks Saul into letting David live and stay at court. Time passes and David is at court when the tormenting spirit attacks Saul again. Saul Becomes father in law from he'll and again throws a spear at David, which he dodges. Michal warns David to flee and helps him descend from a window. She makes dummy in David's bed says that he is asleep. This gives David time to escape.

Eventually, the dummy ruse is discovered Michal said that David was going to kill her if she did not help him.

David escapes to Samuel. Saul sends troops after them, but when they get to Samuel, they start prophesying. They also lose all interest in killing David. This happens three times and eventually It happens to Saul as well.