26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. ^kBefore the time had expired,

David and Jonathan’s Friendship

1 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan ^dloved him as his own soul.

21 Saul thought, “Let me give her to him, that she may ^dbe a snare for him ^eand that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time,^{1 f}“You shall now be my son-in-law.”