## Targum Jonathan on I Samuel Chapter 18

###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:1
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וַהֲוָה כַּד שֵׁיצֵי לְמַלָלָא עִם שָׁאוּל וְנַפְשָׁא דִיהוֹנָתָן אִתְחַבִּיבַת בְּנַפְשָׁא דְדָוִד וְרַחֲמֵיהּ יְהוֹנָתָן כְּנַפְשֵׁיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When he had finished speaking with Saul, the soul of Jonathan was tied in love to David’s soul, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:2
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וְדַבְּרֵיהּ שָׁאוּל בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא וְלָא שַׁבְקֵיהּ לְמֵיתַב בֵּית אֲבוּהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him go, to return to his father’s house.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:3
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וּגְזַר יְהוֹנָתָן וְדָוִד קְיָם בִּדְרָחֵם יָתֵיהּ כְּנַפְשֵׁיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:4
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וְאַשְׁלַח יְהוֹנָתָן יַת מְעִילָא דִי עֲלוֹהִי וְיַהֲבֵיהּ לְדָוִד וּלְבוּשׁוֹהִי וְעַד חַרְבֵּיהּ וְעַד קַשְׁתֵּיהּ וְעַד זְרָזֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Jonathan sent his robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his clothes, and even his sword and his bow and his girdle.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:5
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וּנְפַק דָוִד בְּכָל אֲתַר דִשְׁלַח יָתֵיהּ שָׁאוּל מַצְלַח וּמָנֵיהּ שָׁאוּל עַל גַבְרֵי עָבְדֵי קְרָבָא וּשְׁפַר בְּעֵינֵי כָּל עַמָא וְאַף בְּעֵינֵי עַבְדֵי שָׁאוּל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David went out in every place that Saul sent him, successfully; so that Saul appointed him over the men waging war. And it was pleasant in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:6
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וַהֲוָה בְּמֵיעַלְהוֹן כַּד תַּב דָוִד מִלְמִקְטַל יַת פְּלִשְׁתָּאָה וּנְפַקָא נְשַׁיָא מִכָּל קִירְוֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְשַׁבָּחָא בְּחִנְגַיָא לָקֳדָמוּת שָׁאוּל מַלְכָּא בְּתֻפִּין בְּחֶדְוָא וּבְצֶלְצְלִין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
As they were coming in, when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to praise in dances, to meet King Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with cymbals.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:7
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וַאֲתִיבָא נְשַׁיָא דִמְשַׁבְּחָן וַאֲמַרָא קְטַל שָׁאוּל בְּאַלְפִין וְדָוִד בְּרִיבְוָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the women who were praising answered and said, “Saul has killed by the thousands, and David by the ten thousands.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:8
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וּתְקֵיף לְשָׁאוּל לַחֲדָא וּבְאֵשׁ בְּעֵינוֹהִי פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין וַאֲמַר יְהָבוּ לְדָוִד רִיבְוָן וְלִי יְהָבוּ אַלְפַיָא וּמִכְּעַן לָא אִשְׁתָּאֲרַת לֵיהּ אֱלָהֵין מַלְכוּתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul was very angry, and this saying was evil in his sight. He said, “They have given to David ten thousands, and to me they have given thousands. And from now on there is nothing left but the kingdom.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:9
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וַהֲוָה שָׁאוּל כָּמִין לְדָוִד מִיוֹמָא הַהוּא וּלְהַלָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul was lying in wait for David from that day on.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:10
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וַהֲוָה בְּיוֹמָא דְבַתְרוֹהִי וּשְׁרַת רוּחַ בִּישָׁא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ עַל שָׁאוּל וְאִשְׁתַּטִי בְּגוֹ בֵיתָא וְדָוִד מְנַגֵן בִּידֵיהּ כְּיוֹם בְּיוֹם וּמוּרְנִיתָא בִּידָא דְשָׁאוּל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And on the day after it an evil spirit from before the LORD settled on Saul, and he became insane in the midst of the house. And David was playing [the lyre] with his hand as usual, but the spear was in Saul’s hand.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:11
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וַאֲרִים שָׁאוּל יַת מוּרְנִיתָא וַאֲמַר אֶמְחִינֵיהּ בְּדָוִד וְאַבְרְזִינֵיהּ בְּכוֹתְלָא וְאִסְתְּחַר דָוִד מִן קֳדָמוֹהִי תַּרְתֵּין זִמְנִין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul lifted up the spear and said, “I will make it strike David and pin it to the wall.” But David retreated twice from before him.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:12
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וּדְחִיל שָׁאוּל מִן קֳדָם דָוִד אֲרֵי הֲוָה מֵימְרָא דַייָ בְּסַעֲדֵיהּ וְיַת שָׁאוּל רָחִיק:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul was afraid of David, because the speech of the LORD was in his aid, but it had removed Saul.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:13
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וְאַפְנְיֵיהּ שָׁאוּל מִלְוָתֵיהּ וּמַנְיֵיהּ לֵיה רַב אַלְפָא וּנְפַק וְעַל בְּרֵישׁ עַמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So Saul removed him from his presence and made him commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in at the head of the people.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:14
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וַהֲוָה דָוִד לְכָל אוֹרְחָתֵיהּ מַצְלַח וּמֵימְרָא דַייָ בְּסַעֲדֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David was successful with regard to all his ways, for the speech of the LORD was in his aid.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:15
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וַחֲזָא שָׁאוּל דְהוּא מַצְלַח לַחֲדָא וּדְחִיל מִן קֳדָמוֹהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when Saul saw that he was very successful, he was afraid of him.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:16
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וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָה רַחֲמִין יַת דָוִד אֲרֵי הוּא נָפֵק וְעָלֵיל בְּרֵישֵׁיהוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in at their head.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:17
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וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל לְדָוִד הָא בְרַתִּי רַבְּתָא מֵרַב יָתָהּ אֶתֵּן לָךְ לְאִתּוּ בְּרַם הֱוֵי לִי לִגְבַר עָבֵיד קְרָבִי וְאַגַח קְרָבָא דְעַמֵיהּ דַייָ וְשָׁאוּל אֲמַר לָא תְהֵי יְדִי בֵּיהּ וְיִתְמְסַר בִּידָא דִפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Saul said to David, “Behold my eldest daughter Merab; I will give her to you for a wife. Only be a man waging battles for me and fight the battles of the LORD’s people.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be upon him, but let he be surrendered into the hands of the Philistines.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:18
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְשָׁאוּל מַן אֲנָא וּמַן חַיַי (בְּרַם) זַרְעִית אַבָּא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲרֵי אֲהֵי חֲתָנָא לְמַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life but my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:19
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וַהֲוָה בְּעִידָן דִמְטָא לְמִתַּן יַת מֵרַב בַּת שָׁאוּל לְדָוִד וְהִיא אִתְיְהִיבַת לְעַדְרִיאֵל דְמִמְחוֹלַת לְאִתִּי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So when the moment arrived that Merab, daughter of Saul would be given to David, she was given to Adriel, who was from Meholath, for a wife.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:20
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וּרְחִימַת מִיכַל בַּת שָׁאוּל לְדָוִד וְחַוִיאוּ לְשָׁאוּל וּכְשַׁר פִּתְגָמָא בְּעֵינוֹהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now Michal, daughter of Saul, loved David, and they told Saul, and the matter was suitable in his sight.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:21
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וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל אֶתְּנָהּ לֵיהּ וּתְהֵי לֵיהּ לְתַקָלָא וְיִתְמְסַר בִּידָא דִפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל לְדָוִד בַּחֲדָא מִתְּרֵין תִּתְחַתֵּן בִּי יוֹמָא דֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Saul thought, “Let me give her to him, that she may be a stumbling block for him. And may he be surrendered into the hand of the Philistine.” So Saul said to David, “With one of the two you shall be my son in law today.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:22
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וּפַקֵיד שָׁאוּל יַת עַבְדוֹהִי מַלִילוּ עִם דָוִד בְּרָז לְמֵימַר הָא אִתְרְעֵי בָּךְ מַלְכָּא וְכָל עַבְדוֹהִי רַחֲמוּךְ וּכְעַן אִתְחַתֵּן בְּמַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David in private and say, ‘Behold, the king takes delight in you, and all his servants love you; now then, become the king’s son in law.’”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:23
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וּמַלִילוּ עַבְדֵי שָׁאוּל קֳדָם דָוִד יַת פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין וַאֲמַר דָוִד הַזְעֵירָא בְּעֵינֵיכוֹן לְאִתְחַתָּנָא בְּמַלְכָּא וַאֲנָא גְבַר מִסְכֵּן וְהֶדְיוֹט:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul’s servants spoke those words before David. But David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son in law? I am a poor and common man.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:24
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וְחַוִיאוּ עַבְדֵי שָׁאוּל לֵיהּ לְמֵימַר כְּפִתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין מַלֵיל דָוִד:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, “According to these words did David speak.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:25
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וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל כְּדֵין תֵּימְרוּן לְדָוִד לָא רַעֲוָא לְמַלְכָּא בְּמוֹהֲרִין אֱלָהֵין בְּמֵאָה עָרְלַת פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי לְאִתְפְּרָעָא בְּשַׂנְאֵי מַלְכָּא וְשָׁאוּל חָשִׁיב לְמִמְסַר יַת דָוִד בִּידָא דִפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘There is no desire in the king for a dowry, except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines in order to be revenged on the king’s enemies.’” And Saul thought to surrender David into the hand of the Philistines.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:26
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וְחַוִיאוּ עַבְדוֹהִי לְדָוִד יַת פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין וּכְשַׁר פִּתְגָמָא בְּעֵינֵי דָוִד לְאִתְחַתָּנָא בְּמַלְכָּא וְלָא שְׁלִימוּ יוֹמַיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when his servants told David these words, it was suitable in David’s sight to be the king’s son in law. And before the time had expired,


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:27
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וְקָם דָוִד וַאֲזַל הוּא וְגַבְרוֹהִי וּקְטַל בִּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי מָאתָן גַבְרָא וְאַיְתֵי דָוִד יַת עָרְלַתְהוֹן וְאַשְׁלֵמִינוּן לְמַלְכָּא לְאִתְחַתָּנָא בְּמַלְכָּא וִיהַב לֵיה שָׁאוּל יַת מִיכַל בְּרַתֵּיהּ לְאִתּוּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and gave them completely to the king in order to become the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:28
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/18:28)

וַחֲזָא שָׁאוּל וִידַע אֲרֵי מֵימְרָא דַייָ בְּסַעֲדֵיהּ דְדָוִד וּמִיכַל בַּת שָׁאוּל רַחַמְתֵּיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But when Saul saw and knew that the speech of the LORD was in David’s aid, and that Michal loved him,


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:29
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/18:29)

וְאוֹסִיף שָׁאוּל לְמִדְחַל מִן קֳדָם דָוִד עוֹד וַהֲוָה שָׁאוּל בְּעֵיל דְבַב לְדָוִד כָּל יוֹמַיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Saul was still more afraid before David. So Saul was an enemy to David all the days.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:30
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 18:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/18:30)

וּנְפָקוּ רַבְרְבֵי פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וַהֲוָה בִזְמַן מִפַּקְהוֹן אַצְלַח דָוִד מִכָּל עַבְדֵי שָׁאוּל וּסְגֵי שְׁמֵיהּ לַחֲדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the commanders of the Philistines came out and as often as they came out, David was more successful than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.