⁵⁷So when David returned to camp after killing Goliath, Abner took him to Saul. David was still carrying Goliath’s head. ⁵⁸Saul asked him, “Young man, whose son are you?”

“I am the son of your servant Jesse from Bethlehem,” David answered.

18Saul and David finished their conversation. After that, Saul’s son Jonathan was deeply attracted to David and came to love him as much as he loved himself. ²Saul kept David with him from that day on and did not let him go back home. ³Jonathan swore eternal friendship with David because of his deep affection for him.

⁴He took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, together with his armour and also his sword, bow, and belt. ⁵David was successful in all the missions on which Saul sent him, and so Saul made him an officer in his army. This pleased all of Saul’s officers and men.

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