1 Samuel 14
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Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side." But he did not tell his father.
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And Saul was sitting in the outskirts of a Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men.
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b Ahijah the son of Ahitub, c Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, was d wearing an ephod. But the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
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Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over e to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
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The front of one faced northward opposite Michmash, and the other southward opposite Gibeah.
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Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these f uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us. For nothing restrains the LORD g from saving by many or by few."
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So his armorbearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart. Go then; here I am with you, according to your heart."
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Then Jonathan said, "Very well, let us cross over to these men, and we will show ourselves to them.
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"If they say thus to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them.
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"But if they say thus, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up. For the LORD has delivered them into our hand, and h this will be a sign to us."
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So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, "Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have i hidden."
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Then the men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you something." Jonathan said to his armorbearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel."
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And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and knees with his armorbearer after him; and they j fell before Jonathan. And as he came after him, his armorbearer killed them.
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That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armorbearer made was about twenty men within about half an acre of land.
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And k there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and l the raiders also trembled; and the earth quaked, so that it was m a very great trembling.
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Now the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and there was the multitude, melting away; and they n went here and there.
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Then Saul said to the people who were with him, "Now call the roll and see who has gone from us." And when they had called the roll, surprisingly, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.
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And Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here" (for at that time the ark of God was with the children of Israel).
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Now it happened, while Saul o talked to the priest, that the noise which was in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase; so Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand."
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Then Saul and all the people who were with him assembled, and they went to the battle; and indeed p every man's sword was against his neighbor, and there was very great confusion.
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Moreover the Hebrews who were with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp from the surrounding country, they also joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
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Likewise all the men of Israel who q had hidden in the mountains of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, they also followed hard after them in the battle.
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r So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted s to Beth Aven.
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And the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had t placed the people under oath, saying, "Cursed is the man who eats any food until evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.
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u Now all the people of the land came to a forest; and there was v honey on the ground.
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And when the people had come into the woods, there was the honey, dripping; but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
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But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his countenance brightened.
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Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed is the man who eats food this day.' " And the people were faint.
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But Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. Look now, how my countenance has brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
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"How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now would there not have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?"
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Now they had driven back the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. So the people were very faint.
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And the people rushed on the spoil, and took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them w with the blood.
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Then they told Saul, saying, "Look, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood!" So he said, "You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone to me this day."
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Then Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, 'Bring me here every man's ox and every man's sheep, slaughter them here, and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.' " So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slaughtered it there.
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Then Saul x built an altar to the LORD. This was the first altar that he built to the LORD.
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Now Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light; and let us not leave a man of them." And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you." Then the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."
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So Saul y asked counsel of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But z He did not answer him that day.
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And Saul said, a "Come over here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today.
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"For b as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not a man among all the people answered him.
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Then he said to all Israel, "You be on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will be on the other side." And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
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Therefore Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, c "Give a perfect lot." d So Saul and Jonathan were taken, but the people escaped.
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And Saul said, "Cast lots between my son Jonathan and me." So Jonathan was taken.
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Then Saul said to Jonathan, e "Tell me what you have done." And Jonathan told him, and said, f "I only tasted a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand. So now I must die!"
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Saul answered, g "God do so and more also; h for you shall surely die, Jonathan."
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But the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has accomplished this great deliverance in Israel? Certainly not! i As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked j with God this day." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
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Then Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.
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So Saul established his sovereignty over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the people of k Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of l Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he harassed them.
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And he gathered an army and m attacked the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them.
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n The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Jishui, and Malchishua. And the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger o Michal.
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The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's p uncle.
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q Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
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Now there was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man or any valiant man, r he took him for himself.
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1 Samuel 14:1
Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side." But he did not tell his father.
1 Samuel 14:4
Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
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1 Samuel 13:15
Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people present with him, about six hundred men.
1 Samuel 13:16
Saul, Jonathan his son, and the people present with them remained in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
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1 Samuel 22:9
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, "I saw the son of Jesse going to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Samuel 22:11
So the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob. And they all came to the king.
1 Samuel 22:20
Now one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
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1 Samuel 4:21
Then she named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
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1 Samuel 2:28
Did I not choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod before Me? And did I not give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
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1 Samuel 13:23
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
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1 Samuel 17:26
Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, "What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
1 Samuel 17:36
"Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God."
Jeremiah 9:25
Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised with the uncircumcised -
Jeremiah 9:26
"Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart."
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Judges 7:4
But the LORD said to Gideon, "The people are st...
Judges 7:7
Then the LORD said to Gideon, "By the three hun...
1 Samuel 17:46
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand...
1 Samuel 17:47
"Then all this assembly shall know that the LOR...
2 Chronicles 14:11
And Asa cried out to the LORD his God, and said...
Psalms 115:3
But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He p...
Psalms 135:6
Whatever the LORD pleases He does, In heaven an...
Zechariah 4:6
So he answered and said to me: "This is the wor...
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "Wit...
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to these things? If God ...
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Genesis 24:14
"Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, 'Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink' - let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."
Judges 6:36 - 40
So Gideon said to God, "If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said -
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1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.
1 Samuel 14:22
Likewise all the men of Israel who had hidden in the mountains of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, they also followed hard after them in the battle.
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Leviticus 26:8
Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before you.
Joshua 23:10
One man of you shall chase a thousand, for the LORD your God is He who fights for you, as He promised you.
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Deuteronomy 28:7
The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
2 Kings 7:6
For the LORD had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses - the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us!
2 Kings 7:7
Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp intact - their tents, their horses, and their donkeys - and they fled for their lives.
Job 18:11
Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet.
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1 Samuel 13:17
Then raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned onto the road to Ophrah, to the land of Shual.
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Genesis 35:5
And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
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1 Samuel 14:20
Then Saul and all the people who were with him assembled, and they went to the battle; and indeed every man's sword was against his neighbor, and there was very great confusion.
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Numbers 27:21
"He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the LORD for him by the judgment of the Urim. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him - all the congregation."
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Judges 7:22
When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
2 Chronicles 20:23
For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
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1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.
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Exodus 14:30
So the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
2 Chronicles 32:22
Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.
Hosea 1:7
Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, Will save them by the LORD their God, And will not save them by bow, Nor by sword or battle, By horses or horsemen.
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1 Samuel 13:5
Then the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. And they came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth Aven.
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Joshua 6:26
Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.
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Deuteronomy 9:28
'lest the land from which You brought us should say, "Because the LORD was not able to bring them to the land which He promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness."
Matthew 3:5
Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him
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Exodus 3:8
So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
Numbers 13:27
Then they told him, and said: "We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
Matthew 3:4
Now John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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Genesis 9:4
But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that...
Leviticus 3:17
' This shall be a perpetual statute throughout ...
Leviticus 17:10 - 14
And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of ...
Leviticus 19:26
You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor ...
Deuteronomy 12:16
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pou...
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for...
Deuteronomy 12:24
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the ...
Acts 15:20
But that we write to them to abstain from thing...
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1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us.
1 Samuel 7:17
But he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the LORD.
2 Samuel 24:25
And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD heeded the prayers for the land, and the plague was withdrawn from Israel.
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Judges 20:18
Then the children of Israel arose and went up to the house of God to inquire of God. They said, "Which of us shall go up first to battle against the children of Benjamin?" The LORD said, "Judah first!
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1 Samuel 28:6
And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets.
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Joshua 7:14
In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which the LORD takes shall come according to families; and the family which the LORD takes shall come by households; and the household which the LORD takes shall come man by man.
1 Samuel 10:19
"But you have today rejected your God, who Himself saved you from all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, 'No, set a king over us!' Now therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans."
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1 Samuel 14:24
And the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had placed the people under oath, saying, "Cursed is the man who eats any food until evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.
1 Samuel 14:44
Saul answered, "God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.
2 Samuel 12:5
So David's anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, " As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die!
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Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD.
Acts 1:24 - 26
And they prayed and said, "You, O Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen
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Joshua 7:16
So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
1 Samuel 10:20
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.
1 Samuel 10:21
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was chosen. And Saul the son of Kish was chosen. But when they sought him, he could not be found.
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Joshua 7:19
Now Joshua said to Achan, "My son, I beg you, give glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession to Him, and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.
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1 Samuel 14:27
But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his countenance brightened.
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Ruth 1:17
Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.
1 Samuel 25:22
"May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I leave one male of all who belong to him by morning light."
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1 Samuel 14:39
For as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not a man among all the people answered him.
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2 Samuel 14:11
Then she said, "Please let the king remember the LORD your God, and do not permit the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son." And he said, " As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.
1 Kings 1:52
Then Solomon said, "If he proves himself a worthy man, not one hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.
Luke 21:18
But not a hair of your head shall be lost.
Acts 27:34
"Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you."
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2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
Philippians 2:12
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
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1 Samuel 11:1 - 13
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.
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2 Samuel 10:6
When the people of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, the people of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand foot soldiers; and from the king of Maacah one thousand men, and from Ish-Tob twelve thousand men.
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Exodus 17:16
For he said, "Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
1 Samuel 15:3 - 7
'Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
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1 Samuel 31:2
Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
1 Chronicles 8:33
Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and EshBaal.
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1 Samuel 18:17 - 20
Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles." For Saul thought, "Let my hand not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.
1 Samuel 18:27
Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.
1 Samuel 19:12
So Michal let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped.
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1 Samuel 10:14
Then Saul's uncle said to him and his servant, "Where did you go?" So he said, "To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they were nowhere to be found, we went to Samuel.
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1 Samuel 9:1
There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
1 Samuel 9:21
And Saul answered and said, " Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?
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