“ Good,” said David.“ I will make a covenant with you. But there’s one thing I want you to do. Bring Saul’s daughter Michal to me. Don’t come to see me unless she’s with you.”

大卫说：“好！我与你立约。但有一件，你来见我面的时候，若不将扫罗的女儿米甲带来，必不得见我的面。”

大卫说：“好！我与你立约。但有一件事我要求你，你来见我面的时候，除非把扫罗的女儿米甲带来，就不必来见我的面了。”

大卫说：“好！我与你立约。但有一件事我要求你，你来见我面的时候，除非把扫罗的女儿米甲带来，就不必来见我的面了。”

大卫回答说：“好，但你一定要把扫罗的女儿米甲带来才能见我。”

大卫说：“好！我与你立约。不过，我要求你一件事：你来见我面的时候，首先要把扫罗的女儿米甲带来，否则你必不得见我的面。”

大衛說：「好！我與你立約。但有一件，你來見我面的時候，若不將掃羅的女兒米甲帶來，必不得見我的面。」

大衛說：「好！我與你立約。但有一件事我要求你，你來見我面的時候，除非把掃羅的女兒米甲帶來，就不必來見我的面了。」

大衛說：「好！我與你立約。但有一件事我要求你，你來見我面的時候，除非把掃羅的女兒米甲帶來，就不必來見我的面了。」

大衛回答說：「好，但你一定要把掃羅的女兒米甲帶來才能見我。」

大衛說：“好！我與你立約。不過，我要求你一件事：你來見我面的時候，首先要把掃羅的女兒米甲帶來，否則你必不得見我的面。”

大衛說：『好，我和你立約；可有一件我要求你，就是說：你來見我面的時候，若不將掃羅的女兒米甲帶到我面前來，你就不得見我的面。』

大衛說：「好，我與你立約。只是我請求你一件事：你來見我的時候，要先把掃羅的女兒米甲帶來，否則不得見我的面。」

曰、善、我與爾約、惟索一事、爾來見時、必攜掃羅女米甲至、否則毋覿我面、

大闢曰、善、我與爾約、惟索一詞、爾歸我時、必攜掃羅女米甲至、否則毋許覿面。

大衛曰、善、我與爾立約、惟欲爾行一事、爾來覿我面時、必攜掃羅女米甲偕來、否則不能覿我面、

“ Good,” said David.“ I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing of you: Do not come into my presence unless you bring Michal daughter of Saul when you come to see me.”

And he said,“ Good; I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require of you; that is, you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”

“ All right,” David replied,“ but I will not negotiate with you unless you bring back my wife Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come.”

David replied,“ Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: You will not see my face unless you first bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

And he said,“ Good! I will make a covenant with you, only I require one thing of you, namely, that you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see me.”

And David said,“ Good, I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require of you: you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”

And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee: that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

David replied,“ Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal here when you come to see me.”

And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

So David said,“ Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.”

He said,“ Good. I will make a treaty with you, but one thing I require of you. That is, you will not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”

But Judah said to him,“ The man gave us a strong warning. He said,‘ You won’t see my face again unless your brother Benjamin is with you.’

But you told us,‘ Your youngest brother must come down here with you. If he doesn’t, you won’t see my face again.’

Abner had 20 men with him. They came to David at Hebron. So David prepared a feast for Abner and his men.Then Abner said to David,“ Let me go right now. I’ll gather together all the Israelites for you. After all, you are now my king and master. The people can make a covenant with you. Then you can rule over everyone you want to.” So David sent Abner away. And he went in peace.Just then David’s men and Joab came back from attacking their enemies. They brought with them the large amount of goods they had taken. But Abner wasn’t with David in Hebron anymore. That’s because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.Joab and all the soldiers with him arrived. Then he was told that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to see the king. He was told that the king had sent Abner away. He was also told that Abner had gone in peace.

Saul sent some men to watch David’s house. He told them to kill David the next morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him. She said,“ You must run for your life tonight. If you don’t, tomorrow you will be killed.”So Michal helped David escape through a window. He ran and got away.Then Michal got a statue of a god. She laid it on David’s bed. She covered it with clothes. And she put some goat hair at the place where David’s head would have been.Saul sent the men to capture David. But Michal told them,“ He’s sick.”Then Saul sent the men back to see David. He told them,“ Bring him up here to me in his bed. Then I’ll kill him.”But when the men entered, the only thing they found in the bed was the statue. Some goat hair was at the place where David’s head would have been.Saul said to Michal,“ Why did you trick me like this? Why did you help my enemy escape?” Michal told him,“ He said to me,‘ Help me get away. If you don’t, I’ll kill you.’ ”

Saul’s daughter Michal was in love with David. When they told Saul about it, he was pleased.“ I’ll give her to David to be his wife,” Saul said to himself.“ Then maybe she’ll trap him. And maybe the Philistines will strike him down.” So Saul said to David,“ Now you have a second chance to become my son- in- law.”Then Saul gave an order to his attendants. He said,“ Speak to David in private. Tell him,‘ The king likes you. All his attendants love you. So become his son- in- law.’ ”Saul’s attendants spoke those very words to David. But David said,“ Do you think it’s a small thing to become the king’s son- in- law? I’m only a poor man. I’m not very well known.”Saul’s attendants told him what David had said.Saul said,“ Tell David,‘ Here’s the price the king wants for the bride. He wants you to kill 100 Philistines. Then bring back the skins you cut off when you circumcise them. That’s how Saul will get even with his enemies.’ ” Saul hoped that the Philistines would strike David down.Saul’s attendants also told David those things. Then David was pleased to become the king’s son- in- law. So before the wedding day,David and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. They circumcised the Philistines. Then David brought back all the skins. They counted out the full number and gave them to the king. By doing that, David could become the king’s son- in- law. So Saul gave David his daughter Michal to be his wife.Saul realized that the Lord was with David. He also realized that his daughter Michal loved David.

But we said,‘ We can’t go down. We’ll only go if our youngest brother goes there with us. We can’t even see the man’s face unless our youngest brother goes with us.’

The ark of the covenant of the Lord was brought into the City of David. Saul’s daughter Michal was watching from a window. She saw King David dancing and celebrating. That made her hate him in her heart.