1 Samuel 19 - 31
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And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. r But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.
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And Jonathan told David, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself.
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And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you. And if I learn anything I will tell you."
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And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, "Let not the king s sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have brought good to you.
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For t he took his life in his hand u and he struck down the Philistine, v and the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against w innocent blood by killing David without cause?"
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And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. Saul swore, x "As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death."
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And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan reported to him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence y as before.
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And there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines and struck them with a great blow, so that they fled before him.
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z Then a harmful spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. a And David was playing the lyre.
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b And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
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c Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, "If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed."
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d So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled away and escaped.
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Michal took e an image and laid it on the bed and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head and covered it with the clothes.
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And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
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Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him."
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And when the messengers came in, behold, e the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.
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Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me thus and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?" And Michal answered Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go. f Why should I kill you?'"
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Now David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at g Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived at Naioth.
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And it was told Saul, "Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah."
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Then Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, h the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, i and they also prophesied.
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When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, i and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, i and they also prophesied.
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Then he himself went to Ramah and came to the great well that is in Secu. And he asked, "Where are Samuel and David?" And one said, "Behold, they are at Naioth in g Ramah."
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And he went there to Naioth in Ramah. j And the Spirit of God came upon him also, and as he went he prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
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k And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay naked all that day and all that night. Thus it is said, l "Is Saul also among the prophets?"
1 Samuel 20
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Then David fled from Naioth m in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
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And he said to him, "Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so."
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But David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that n I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.' But truly, o as the Lord lives and p as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."
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Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."
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David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is q the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go, r that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening.
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s If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me to run t to Bethlehem his city, for there is a yearly u sacrifice there for all the clan.'
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If he says, 'Good!' it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that v harm is determined by him.
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Therefore deal kindly with your servant, w for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. x But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?"
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And Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! If I knew that v it was determined by my father that harm should come to you, would I not tell you?"
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Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?"
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And Jonathan said to David, "Come, let us go out into the field." So they both went out into the field.
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And Jonathan said to David, "The Lord, the God of Israel, be witness! When I have sounded out my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if he is well disposed toward David, shall I not then send and disclose it to you?
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But should it please my father to do you harm, y the Lord do so to Jonathan and more also if I do not disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. z May the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.
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If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the Lord, that I may not die;
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a and do not cut off your steadfast love from my house forever, when the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth."
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And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, b "May the Lord take vengeance on David's enemies."
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And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, c for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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Then Jonathan said to him, d "Tomorrow is the new moon, and e you will be missed, because f your seat will be empty.
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On the third day go down quickly to the place where you hid yourself when the matter was in hand, and remain beside the stone heap.
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And I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.
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And behold, I will send the young man, saying, 'Go, find the arrows.' If I say to the young man, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,' then you are to come, for, g as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
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But if I say to the youth, h 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then go, for the Lord has sent you away.
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i And as for the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, j the Lord is between you and me forever."
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So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.
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The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side, k but David's place was empty.
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Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, "Something has happened to him. l He is not clean; surely he is not clean."
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But on m the second day, the day after the new moon, k David's place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why has not the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?"
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Jonathan answered Saul, n "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.
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He said, 'Let me go, for our clan holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table."
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Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, "You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
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For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Therefore send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die."
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Then Jonathan answered Saul his father, o "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
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p But Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him. So Jonathan knew q that his father was determined to put David to death.
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And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had disgraced him.
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In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and with him a little boy.
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And he said to his boy, "Run and find the arrows that I shoot." As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
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And when the boy came to the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the boy and said, r "Is not the arrow beyond you?"
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And Jonathan called after the boy, "Hurry! Be quick! Do not stay!" So Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows and came to his master.
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But the boy knew nothing. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
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And Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy and said to him, "Go and carry them to the city."
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And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.
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Then Jonathan said to David, s "Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, t 'The Lord shall be between me and you, u and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.'" And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Samuel 21
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Then David came to v Nob to w Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech x came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?"
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And David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, 'Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.' I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place.
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Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here."
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And the priest answered David, "I have no common bread on hand, but there is y holy bread - z if the young men have kept themselves from women."
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And David answered the priest, "Truly women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition. The vessels of the young men are holy even when it is an ordinary journey. How much more today will their vessels be holy?"
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So the priest gave him y the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, a which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.
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Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was b Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen.
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Then David said to Ahimelech, "Then have you not here a spear or a sword at hand? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste."
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And the priest said, c "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in d the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here." And David said, "There is none like that; give it to me."
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And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to e Achish the king of Gath.
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And the servants of Achish said to him, "Is not this David the king of the land? f Did they not sing to one another of him in dances,
'Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands'?"
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And David g took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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So he changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands and made marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard.
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Then Achish said to his servants, "Behold, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?
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Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to behave as a madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?"
1 Samuel 22
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David departed from there and escaped to h the cave of i Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
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j And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became captain over them. And there were with him k about four hundred men.
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And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother stay with you, till I know what God will do for me."
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And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
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Then the prophet l Gad said to David, "Do not remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.
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Now Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Saul was sitting at Gibeah under m the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.
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And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, "Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse n give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds,
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that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me o when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you p is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, q to lie in wait, as at this day."
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Then answered r Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, "I saw the son of Jesse s coming to Nob, to t Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,
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u and he inquired of the Lord for him and v gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."
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Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king.
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And Saul said, "Hear now, son of Ahitub." And he answered, "Here I am, my lord."
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And Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword and u have inquired of God for him, so that he has risen against me, w to lie in wait, as at this day?"
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Then Ahimelech answered the king, "And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and captain over your bodyguard, and honored in your house?
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Is today the first time u that I have inquired of God for him? No! Let not the king impute anything to his servant or to all the house of my father, for your servant has known nothing of all this, x much or little."
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And the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's house."
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And the king said to y the guard who stood about him, "Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me." But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to strike the priests of the Lord.
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Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, z and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
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And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; a both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.
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But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named b Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
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And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.
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And David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, c when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father's house.
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d Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. With me you shall be in safekeeping."
1 Samuel 23
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Now they told David, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against e Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors."
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Therefore David f inquired of the Lord, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the Lord said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah."
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But David's men said to him, "Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?"
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Then David f inquired of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, "Arise, go down to Keilah, g for I will give the Philistines into your hand."
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And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines and brought away their livestock and struck them with a great blow. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
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h When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech had fled to David to Keilah, he had come down with an ephod in his hand.
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Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, "God has given him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars."
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And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
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David knew that Saul was plotting harm against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, i "Bring the ephod here."
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Then said David, "O Lord, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city on my account.
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Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O Lord, the God of Israel, please tell your servant." And the Lord said, "He will come down."
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Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the Lord said, j "They will surrender you."
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Then David and his men, k who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went l wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.
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And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country m of the wilderness of n Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
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David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.
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And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.
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And he said to him, "Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. o Saul my father also knows this."
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p And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.
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q Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of r Jeshimon?
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Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, s and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."
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And Saul said, t "May you be blessed by the Lord, u for you have had compassion on me.
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Go, make yet more sure. Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he is very cunning.
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See therefore and take note of all the lurking places where he hides, and come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you. And if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah."
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And they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were v in the wilderness of Maon, w in the Arabah to the south of r Jeshimon.
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And Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told, so he went down to the rock and lived in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
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Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David was hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them,
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a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land."
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So Saul returned from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines. Therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.
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And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of x Engedi.
1 Samuel 24
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y When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi."
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Then Saul took z three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats' Rocks.
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And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave, and Saul went in a to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts b of the cave.
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And the men of David said to him, c "Here is the day of which the Lord said to you, 'Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'" Then David arose and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul's robe.
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And afterward d David's heart struck him, because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe.
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He said to his men, e "The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is f the Lord's anointed."
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So David persuaded his men with these words g and did not permit them to attack Saul. And Saul rose up and left the cave and went on his way.
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Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, "My lord the king!" And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and paid homage.
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And David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men who say, 'Behold, David seeks your harm'?
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Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave. h And some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, f for he is the Lord's anointed.'
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See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that i there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though j you hunt my life to take it.
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k May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you.
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As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes wickedness.' But my hand shall not be against you.
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After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? l After a dead dog! m After a flea!
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k May the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and n plead my cause and deliver me from your hand."
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As soon as David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, o "Is this your voice, my son David?" And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
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He said to David, "You are more righteous than I, p for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.
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And you have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the Lord put me into your hands.
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For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.
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And now, behold, q I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
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r Swear to me therefore by the Lord that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and s that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house."
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And David swore this to Saul. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went up t to the stronghold.
1 Samuel 25
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u Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled v and mourned for him, and they buried him w in his house at x Ramah. Then David rose and went down to y the wilderness of Paran.
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And there was a man in z Maon whose business was in a Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. b He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
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Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; c he was a Calebite.
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David heard in the wilderness that Nabal b was shearing his sheep.
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So David sent ten young men. And David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.
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And thus you shall greet him: d 'Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
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I hear that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, e and they missed nothing all the time they were in Carmel.
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Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come f on a feast day. Please give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.'"
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When David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then they waited.
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And Nabal answered David's servants, g "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? h There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters.
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Shall I take i my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to j men who come from I do not know where?"
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So David's young men turned away and came back and told him all this.
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And David said to his men, "Every man strap on his sword!" And every man of them strapped on his sword. David also strapped on his sword. And k about four hundred men went up after David, k while two hundred l remained with the baggage.
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But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, "Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master, and he railed at them.
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Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, n and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them.
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They were o a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
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Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, p for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such q a worthless man that one cannot speak to him."
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Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
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And she said to her young men, "Go on before me; behold, I come after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
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And as she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.
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Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, r so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has s returned me evil for good.
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t God do so to the enemies of David and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him."
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When Abigail saw David, she hurried u and got down from the donkey v and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground.
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She fell at his feet and said, w "On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.
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Let not my lord regard q this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
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Now then, my lord, x as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because y the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from z saving with your own hand, now then a let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
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And now let this b present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.
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Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord c a sure house, because my lord d is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.
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If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies e he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
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And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince over Israel,
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my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord z taking vengeance himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant."
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And David said to Abigail, f "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
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Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, y who have kept me this day from bloodguilt z and from avenging myself with my own hand!
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For as surely g as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, y who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male."
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Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, h "Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition."
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And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, i he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart j was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing k at all until the morning light.
37
In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38
And about ten days later l the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
39
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, f "Blessed be the Lord who has m avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, n and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. o The Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head." Then David sent and p spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
40
When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, "David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife."
41
And she rose q and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."
42
And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife.
43
David also took Ahinoam of r Jezreel, s and both of them became his wives.
44
Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
1 Samuel 26
1
t Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?"
2
So Saul arose and went down to u the wilderness of Ziph with v three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
3
And Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is beside the road on the east of Jeshimon. But David remained in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness,
4
David sent out spies and learned that Saul had come.
5
Then David rose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, with w Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Saul was lying within x the encampment, while the army was encamped around him.
6
Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab's brother y Abishai the son of Zeruiah, z "Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you."
7
So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within x the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground a at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him.
8
Then said Abishai to David, b "God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice."
9
But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand c against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?"
10
And David said, d "As the Lord lives, e the Lord will strike him, or f his day will come to die, g or he will go down into battle and perish.
11
h The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand against the Lord's anointed. But take now the spear that is i at his head and the jar of water, and let us go."
12
So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head, and they went away. No man saw it or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because j a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them.
13
Then David went over to the other side and stood far off on the top of the hill, with a great space between them.
14
And David called to the army, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Will you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner answered, "Who are you who calls to the king?"
15
And David said to Abner, "Are you not a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.
16
This thing that you have done is not good. k As the Lord lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is and the jar of water that was l at his head."
17
Saul recognized David's voice and said, m "Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."
18
And he said, n "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands?
19
Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, o for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in p the heritage of the Lord, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'
20
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord, for the king of Israel has come out to seek q a single flea like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains."
21
Then Saul said, r "I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake."
22
And David answered and said, "Here is the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and take it.
23
s The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the Lord gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the Lord's anointed.
24
Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation."
25
Then Saul said to David, "Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will t succeed in them." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
1 Samuel 27
1
Then David said in his heart, "Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand."
2
So David arose and went over, he and u the six hundred men who were with him, v to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3
And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with w his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.
4
And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him.
5
Then David said to Achish, "If x I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?"
6
So that day Achish gave him y Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
7
z And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
8
Now David a and his men went up and made raids against b the Geshurites, c the Girzites, and d the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, e as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt.
9
And David would strike the land and would leave neither man nor woman alive, but would take away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the garments, and come back to Achish.
10
When Achish asked, "Where have you f made a raid today?" David would say, "Against the Negeb of Judah," or, "Against the Negeb of g the Jerahmeelites," or, "Against the Negeb of h the Kenites."
11
And David would leave neither man nor woman alive to bring news to Gath, thinking, "lest they should tell about us and say, 'So David has done.'" Such was his custom all the while he lived in the country of the Philistines.
12
And Achish trusted David, thinking, "He has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant."
1 Samuel 28
1
In those days i the Philistines gathered their forces for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, "Understand that you and your men are to go out with me in the army."
2
David said to Achish, "Very well, you shall know what your servant can do." And Achish said to David, "Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life."
3
Now j Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him k in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put l the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.
4
The Philistines assembled and came and encamped m at Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped n at Gilboa.
5
When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
6
And when Saul inquired of the Lord, o the Lord did not answer him, either p by dreams, or q by Urim, or by prophets.
7
Then Saul said to his servants, r "Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a medium at s En-dor."
8
So Saul t disguised himself and put on other garments and went, he and two men with him. And they came to the woman by night. And he said, u "Divine for me by a spirit and bring up for me whomever I shall name to you."
9
The woman said to him, "Surely you know what Saul has done, l how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then are you laying a trap for my life to bring about my death?"
10
But Saul swore to her by the Lord, v "As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing."
11
Then the woman said, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" He said, "Bring up Samuel for me."
12
When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice. And the woman said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul."
13
The king said to her, "Do not be afraid. What do you see?" And the woman said to Saul, "I see a god coming up out of the earth."
14
He said to her, "What is his appearance?" And she said, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped w in a robe." And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and paid homage.
15
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul answered, "I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and x God has turned away from me and y answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do."
16
And Samuel said, "Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you and become your enemy?
17
The Lord has done to you as he spoke by me, for z the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David.
18
a Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day.
19
Moreover, the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you b and your sons shall be with me. The Lord will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines."
20
Then Saul fell at once full length on the ground, filled with fear because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night.
21
And the woman came to Saul, and when she saw that he was terrified, she said to him, "Behold, your servant has obeyed you. c I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to what you have said to me.
22
Now therefore, you also obey your servant. Let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way."
23
He refused and said, "I will not eat." But his servants, together with the woman, urged him, and he listened to their words. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.
24
Now the woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly killed it, and she took flour and kneaded it and baked unleavened bread of it,
25
and she put it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night.
1 Samuel 29
1
d Now the Philistines had gathered all their forces at e Aphek. And the Israelites were encamped by f the spring that is in g Jezreel.
2
As h the lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing on in the rear i with Achish,
3
the commanders of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, "Is this not David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me j now for days and years, and since he deserted to me k I have found no fault in him to this day."
4
But h the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Send the man back, that he may return l to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, m lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?
5
Is not this David, of whom they sing to one another in dances,
n 'Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands'?"
6
Then Achish called David and said to him, o "As the Lord lives, you have been honest, and to me it seems right that p you should march out and in with me in the campaign. For I have found nothing wrong in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords do not approve of you.
7
So go back now; and go peaceably, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines."
8
And David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I entered your service until now, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"
9
And Achish answered David and said, "I know that you are as blameless in my sight q as an angel of God. Nevertheless, r the commanders of the Philistines have said, 'He shall not go up with us to the battle.'
10
Now then rise early in the morning s with the servants of your lord who came with you, and start early in the morning, and depart as soon as you have light."
11
So David set out with his men early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to t Jezreel.
1 Samuel 30
1
Now when David and his men came to u Ziklag on the third day, v the Amalekites had w made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire
2
and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off and went their way.
3
And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
4
Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.
5
David's x two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
6
And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke y of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
7
z And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the ephod." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8
a And David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I pursue after this b band? Shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake c and shall surely rescue."
9
So David set out, and d the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
10
But David pursued, he and four hundred men. e Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.
11
They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. And they gave him bread and he ate. They gave him water to drink,
12
and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, f his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.
13
And David said to him, "To whom do you belong? And where are you from?" He said, "I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite, and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago.
14
g We had made a raid against the Negeb of h the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire."
15
And David said to him, "Will you take me down to this band?" And he said, "Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this i band."
16
And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
17
And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.
18
j David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
19
Nothing was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken. j David brought back all.
20
David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him, and said, "This is David's spoil."
21
Then David came to k the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left k at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people he greeted them.
22
Then all the wicked and worthless fellows among the men who had gone with David said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except that each man may lead away his wife and children, and depart."
23
But David said, "You shall not do so, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has preserved us and given into our hand the band that came against us.
24
Who would listen to you in this matter? l For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage. They shall share alike."
25
And he made it a statute and a rule for Israel from that day forward to this day.
26
When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, "Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord."
27
It was for those in m Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negeb, in n Jattir,
28
in o Aroer, in Siphmoth, in p Eshtemoa,
29
in Racal, in the cities of q the Jerahmeelites, in the cities of r the Kenites,
30
in s Hormah, in Bor-ashan, in Athach,
31
in t Hebron, for all the places where David and his men had roamed.
1 Samuel 31
1
u Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain v on Mount Gilboa.
2
And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down w Jonathan and x Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
3
y The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was badly wounded by the archers.
4
z Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these a uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me." But his armor-bearer would not, b for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword c and fell upon it.
5
And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.
6
Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
7
And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. And the Philistines came and lived in them.
8
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9
So they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, d to carry the good news e to the house of their idols and to the people.
10
f They put his armor in the temple of g Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of h Beth-shan.
11
i But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12
j all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh k and burned them there.
13
And they took their bones l and buried them under m the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and n fasted seven days.
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1 Samuel 18:1
As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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Genesis 42:22
And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.
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1 Samuel 28:21
And the woman came to Saul, and when she saw that he was terrified, she said to him, "Behold, your servant has obeyed you. I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to what you have said to me.
Judges 12:3
And when I saw that you would not save me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?
Judges 9:17
For my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian.
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1 Samuel 17:49 - 50
And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
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1 Samuel 11:13
But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the Lord has worked salvation in Israel.
1 Chronicles 11:14
But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and killed the Philistines. And the Lord saved them by a great victory.
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Matthew 27:4
Saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself.
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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1 Samuel 16:21
And David came to Saul and entered his service. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.
1 Samuel 18:2
And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house.
1 Samuel 18:13
So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.
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1 Samuel 16:14
Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.
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1 Samuel 16:16
Let our lord now command your servants who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well.
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1 Samuel 18:11
And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, "I will pin David to the wall." But David evaded him twice.
1 Samuel 20:33
But Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
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Psalms 59:1
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me.
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Joshua 2:15
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall, so that she lived in the wall.
Acts 9:24 - 25
But their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him.
2 Corinthians 11:33
But I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.
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Genesis 31:19
Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods.
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1 Samuel 19:13
Michal took an image and laid it on the bed and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head and covered it with the clothes.
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2 Samuel 2:22
And Abner said again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?
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1 Samuel 1:19
They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
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1 Samuel 10:5 - 6
After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.
1 Samuel 10:10
When they came to Gibeah, behold, a group of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them.
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Numbers 11:25
Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it.
Joel 2:28
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
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1 Samuel 19:20
Then Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
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1 Samuel 19:20
Then Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
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1 Samuel 19:18
Now David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived at Naioth.
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1 Samuel 18:10
The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand.
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Isaiah 20:2
At that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet," and he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Micah 1:8
For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
2 Samuel 6:20
And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, "How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants' female servants, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
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1 Samuel 10:11 - 12
And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, "What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
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1 Samuel 1:19
They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
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Genesis 33:15
So Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.
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1 Samuel 25:26
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as yo...
2 Kings 2:2
And Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, f...
2 Kings 2:4
Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here, ...
2 Kings 2:6
Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for...
2 Kings 4:30
Then the mother of the child said, "As the Lord...
Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will ...
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1 Samuel 1:26
And she said, "Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord.
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1 Samuel 20:18
Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
Numbers 10:10
On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 28:11
At the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord : two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish.
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1 Samuel 19:2 - 3
And Jonathan told David, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself.
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1 Samuel 20:18
Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
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1 Samuel 16:4
Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, "Do you come peaceably?
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1 Samuel 9:12
They answered, "He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Hurry. He has come just now to the city, because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place.
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1 Samuel 25:17
Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.
Esther 7:7
And the king arose in his wrath from the wine-drinking and went into the palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king.
1 Samuel 20:33
But Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
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1 Samuel 20:16
And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the Lord take vengeance on David's enemies.
1 Samuel 20:42
Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, 'The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.'" And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 23:18
And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.
2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
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2 Samuel 14:32
Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent word to you, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still." Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.'
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1 Samuel 20:7
If he says, 'Good!' it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that harm is determined by him.
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Ruth 1:17
Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.
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Joshua 1:5
No man shall be able to stand before you all th...
Joshua 1:17
Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we wi...
1 Kings 1:37
As the Lord has been with my lord the king, eve...
1 Chronicles 22:11
Now, my son, the Lord be with you, so that you ...
1 Chronicles 22:16
Gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work!...
1 Samuel 17:37
And David said, "The Lord who delivered me from...
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2 Samuel 9:1
And David said, "Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
2 Samuel 9:3
And the king said, "Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?" Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.
2 Samuel 9:7
And David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.
2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
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1 Samuel 25:22
God do so to the enemies of David and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.
Joshua 22:23
For building an altar to turn away from following the Lord. Or if we did so to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings or peace offerings on it, may the Lord himself take vengeance.
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1 Samuel 18:1
As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
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1 Samuel 20:5
David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening.
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1 Samuel 20:6
If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.
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1 Samuel 20:25
The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty.
1 Samuel 20:27
But on the second day, the day after the new moon, David's place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why has not the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?
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1 Samuel 20:3
But David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.' But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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1 Samuel 20:37
And when the boy came to the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the boy and said, "Is not the arrow beyond you?
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1 Samuel 20:14 - 15
If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the Lord, that I may not die.
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1 Samuel 20:42
Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, 'The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.'" And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
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1 Samuel 20:18
Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
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Leviticus 7:21
And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether human uncleanness or an unclean beast or any unclean detestable creature, and then eats some flesh from the sacrifice of the Lord 's peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 11:24 - 28
And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 15:1 - 4
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying.
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1 Samuel 20:34
And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had disgraced him.
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1 Samuel 20:25
The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty.
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1 Samuel 20:6
If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.
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1 Samuel 19:5
For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?
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1 Samuel 18:11
And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, "I will pin David to the wall." But David evaded him twice.
1 Samuel 19:10
And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
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1 Samuel 20:7
If he says, 'Good!' it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that harm is determined by him.
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1 Samuel 20:22
But if I say to the youth, 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then go, for the Lord has sent you away.
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1 Samuel 20:13
But should it please my father to do you harm, the Lord do so to Jonathan and more also if I do not disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. May the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.
1 Samuel 1:17
Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.
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1 Samuel 20:23
And as for the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me forever.
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1 Samuel 20:15
And do not cut off your steadfast love from my house forever, when the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.
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1 Samuel 22:9
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Samuel 22:11
Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king.
1 Samuel 22:19
And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.
Nehemiah 11:32
Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah.
Isaiah 10:32
This very day he will halt at Nob; he will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
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1 Samuel 14:3
Including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
Mark 2:26
How he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?
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1 Samuel 16:4
Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, "Do you come peaceably?
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Exodus 25:30
And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
Leviticus 24:5
You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
Matthew 12:3 - 4
He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
Mark 2:25 - 26
And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:
Luke 6:3 - 4
And Jesus answered them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:
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Exodus 19:15
And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.
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1 Samuel 21:4
And the priest answered David, "I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread - if the young men have kept themselves from women.
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Leviticus 24:8 - 9
Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the Lord regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever.
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1 Samuel 22:9
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
Psalms 52:1
Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
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1 Samuel 17:51
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
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1 Samuel 17:2
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in line of battle against the Philistines.
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Psalms 34:1
I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
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1 Samuel 18:7
And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, "Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
1 Samuel 29:5
Is not this David, of whom they sing to one another in dances, 'Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands'?
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Luke 2:19
But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
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Psalms 57:1
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
Psalms 142:1
With my voice I cry out to the Lord ; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord.
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2 Samuel 23:13
And three of the thirty chief men went down and came about harvest time to David at the cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles 11:15
Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David at the cave of Adullam, when the army of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
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Judges 9:4
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.
Judges 11:3
Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob, and worthless fellows collected around Jephthah and went out with him.
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1 Samuel 23:13
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.
1 Samuel 25:13
And David said to his men, "Every man strap on his sword!" And every man of them strapped on his sword. David also strapped on his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.
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2 Samuel 24:11
And when David arose in the morning, the word o...
2 Samuel 24:18 - 19
And Gad came that day to David and said to him,...
1 Chronicles 21:9
And the Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying.
1 Chronicles 21:11
So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus say...
1 Chronicles 21:13
Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress...
1 Chronicles 21:18 - 19
Now the angel of the Lord had commanded Gad to ...
1 Chronicles 29:29
Now the acts of King David, from first to last,...
2 Chronicles 29:25
And he stationed the Levites in the house of th...
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1 Samuel 31:13
And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
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1 Samuel 8:14
He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.
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1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
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1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul said, "May you be blessed by the Lord, for you have had compassion on me.
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1 Samuel 22:13
And Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so that he has risen against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
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1 Samuel 21:7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen.
Psalms 52:1
Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
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1 Samuel 21:1
Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?
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1 Samuel 14:3
Including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
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1 Samuel 23:2
Therefore David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I ...
1 Samuel 23:4
Then David inquired of the Lord again. And the ...
1 Samuel 30:8
And David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I pursue...
2 Samuel 5:19
And David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I go up ...
2 Samuel 5:23
And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, "...
Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, w...
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1 Samuel 21:6
So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.
1 Samuel 21:9
And the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here." And David said, "There is none like that; give it to me.
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1 Samuel 22:10
And he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
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1 Samuel 22:8
That all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day.
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1 Samuel 22:10
And he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
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1 Samuel 25:36
And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.
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2 Kings 10:25
So as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the officers, "Go in and strike them down; let not a man escape." So when they put them to the sword, the guard and the officers cast them out and went into the inner room of the house of Baal.
2 Kings 11:4
But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of the Carites and of the guards, and had them come to him in the house of the Lord. And he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the Lord, and he showed them the king's son.
2 Kings 11:6
( another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards) shall guard the palace.
2 Chronicles 12:10
And King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
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1 Samuel 2:31
Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
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1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'
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1 Samuel 23:6
When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech had fled to David to Keilah, he had come down with an ephod in his hand.
1 Samuel 23:9
David knew that Saul was plotting harm against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here.
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1 Samuel 21:7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen.
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1 Kings 2:26
And to Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because you shared in all my father's affliction.
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Joshua 15:44
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.
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1 Samuel 22:10
And he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
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1 Samuel 23:2
Therefore David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the Lord said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.
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1 Samuel 23:14
And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
Joshua 24:11
And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho, and the leaders of Jericho fought against you, and also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And I gave them into your hand.
Judges 7:7
And the Lord said to Gideon, "With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let all the others go every man to his home.
Judges 20:28
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, "Shall we go out once more to battle against our brothers, the people of Benjamin, or shall we cease?" And the Lord said, "Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.
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1 Samuel 22:20
But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
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1 Samuel 30:7
And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the ephod." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.
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1 Samuel 23:20
Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand.
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1 Samuel 25:13
And David said to his men, "Every man strap on his sword!" And every man of them strapped on his sword. David also strapped on his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.
1 Samuel 27:2
So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
1 Samuel 22:2
And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.
1 Samuel 30:9 - 10
So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
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2 Samuel 15:20
You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you.
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Psalms 63:1
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
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Joshua 15:24
Ziph, Telem, Bealoth.
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1 Samuel 24:20
And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
1 Samuel 20:31
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Therefore send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.
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1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 20:8
Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?
1 Samuel 20:16
And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the Lord take vengeance on David's enemies.
1 Samuel 20:42
Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, 'The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.'" And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
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1 Samuel 26:1
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?
Psalms 54:1
O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.
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Numbers 21:20
And from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah that looks down on the desert.
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1 Samuel 23:12
Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the Lord said, "They will surrender you.
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Ruth 2:20
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.
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1 Samuel 22:8
That all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day.
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1 Samuel 25:2
And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah.
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Deuteronomy 1:1
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
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1 Samuel 23:19
Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?
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Joshua 15:62
Nibshan, the City of Salt, and Engedi: six cities with their villages.
2 Chronicles 20:2
Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar" (that is, Engedi).
Song of Solomon 1:14
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi.
Ezekiel 47:10
Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
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1 Samuel 23:28
So Saul returned from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines. Therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.
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1 Samuel 26:2
So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
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Judges 3:24
When he had gone, the servants came, and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, "Surely he is relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber.
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Psalms 57:1
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
Psalms 142:1
With my voice I cry out to the Lord ; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord.
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1 Samuel 24:7
So David persuaded his men with these words and did not permit them to attack Saul. And Saul rose up and left the cave and went on his way.
1 Samuel 26:8
Then said Abishai to David, "God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.
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2 Samuel 24:10
But David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.
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1 Samuel 26:11
The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand against the Lord 's anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go.
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1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you.
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Psalms 7:4
If I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause.
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1 Samuel 24:4
And the men of David said to him, "Here is the day of which the Lord said to you, 'Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'" Then David arose and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul's robe.
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1 Samuel 24:6
He said to his men, "The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord 's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord 's anointed.
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Psalms 7:3
O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands.
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1 Samuel 26:20
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.
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Genesis 16:5
And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!
Judges 11:27
I therefore have not sinned against you, and you do me wrong by making war on me. The Lord, the Judge, decide this day between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon.
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1 Samuel 17:43
And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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1 Samuel 26:20
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.
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1 Samuel 24:12
May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you.
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1 Samuel 25:39
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head." Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
Psalms 35:1
Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
Psalms 43:1
Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!
Psalms 119:154
Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise!
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1 Samuel 26:17
Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king.
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1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake.
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1 Samuel 23:17
And he said to him, "Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Saul my father also knows this.
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Genesis 21:23
Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned.
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2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
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1 Samuel 23:29
And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of Engedi.
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1 Samuel 28:3
Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.
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Genesis 50:10
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
Numbers 20:29
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron had perished, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.
Deuteronomy 34:8
And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
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1 Kings 2:34
Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
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1 Samuel 1:19
They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
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Numbers 10:12
And the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.
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1 Samuel 23:24
And they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.
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Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah.
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Genesis 38:13
And when Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
2 Samuel 13:23
After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
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1 Samuel 30:14
We had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.
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1 Samuel 25:2
And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
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1 Chronicles 12:18
Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David, and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you." Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.
Matthew 10:13
And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Luke 10:5
Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house!
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1 Samuel 25:15
Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them.
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good.
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Esther 8:17
And in every province and in every city, wherever the king's command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
Esther 9:19
Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.
Esther 9:22
As the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
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Judges 9:28
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who are we of Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?
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Judges 12:4
Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.
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Judges 8:6
And the officials of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
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1 Samuel 22:2
And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.
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1 Samuel 23:13
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.
1 Samuel 27:2
So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
1 Samuel 22:2
And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.
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1 Samuel 23:13
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.
1 Samuel 27:2
So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
1 Samuel 22:2
And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.
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1 Samuel 30:24
Who would listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage. They shall share alike.
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1 Samuel 25:7
I hear that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing all the time they were in Carmel.
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good.
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Job 1:10
Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
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1 Samuel 20:7
If he says, 'Good!' it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that harm is determined by him.
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Deuteronomy 13:13
That certain worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which you have not known.
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1 Samuel 25:7
I hear that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing all the time they were in Carmel.
1 Samuel 25:15
Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them.
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Psalms 109:5
So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Proverbs 17:13
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
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Ruth 1:17
Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.
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Joshua 15:18
When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she got off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?
Judges 1:14
When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?
Genesis 24:64
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel
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1 Samuel 25:41
And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
Ruth 2:10
Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?
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2 Samuel 14:9
And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, "On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless.
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1 Samuel 25:17
Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.
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1 Samuel 20:3
But David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.' But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
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Genesis 20:6
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
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Romans 12:19
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.
Hebrews 10:30
For we know him who said, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge his people.
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2 Samuel 18:32
The king said to the Cushite, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And the Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you for evil be like that young man.
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1 Samuel 30:26
When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, "Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord.
Genesis 33:11
Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." Thus he urged him, and he took it.
2 Kings 5:15
Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, "Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a present from your servant.
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1 Kings 11:38
And if you will listen to all that I command yo...
1 Samuel 2:35
And I will raise up for myself a faithful pries...
2 Samuel 7:11
From the time that I appointed judges over my p...
2 Samuel 7:27
For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ha...
1 Kings 9:5
Then I will establish your royal throne over Is...
1 Chronicles 17:10
From the time that I appointed judges over my p...
1 Chronicles 17:25
For you, my God, have revealed to your servant ...
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1 Samuel 18:17
Then Saul said to David, "Here is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me and fight the Lord 's battles." For Saul thought, "Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.
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Jeremiah 10:18
For thus says the Lord : "Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will bring distress on them, that they may feel it.
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1 Samuel 25:26
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
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Genesis 24:27
And said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsmen.
Psalms 41:13
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.
Psalms 72:18
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
Luke 1:68
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people
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1 Samuel 25:26
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
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1 Samuel 25:26
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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1 Samuel 25:26
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
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1 Samuel 1:17
Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.
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2 Samuel 13:23
After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
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2 Samuel 13:28
Then Absalom commanded his servants, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.
1 Kings 21:7
And Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now govern Israel? Arise and eat bread and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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1 Samuel 22:15
Is today the first time that I have inquired of God for him? No! Let not the king impute anything to his servant or to all the house of my father, for your servant has known nothing of all this, much or little.
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1 Samuel 26:10
And David said, "As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.
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1 Samuel 25:32
And David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
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1 Samuel 24:15
May the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand.
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1 Samuel 25:26
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:33 - 34
Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!
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1 Kings 2:44
The king also said to Shimei, "You know in your own heart all the harm that you did to David my father. So the Lord will bring back your harm on your own head.
Psalms 7:16
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore thus says the Lord God : As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.
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Song of Solomon 8:8
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
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Ruth 2:10
Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?
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Joshua 15:56
Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah.
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1 Samuel 27:3
And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.
1 Samuel 30:5
David's two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
2 Samuel 2:2
So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
2 Samuel 3:2 - 3
And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel.
1 Chronicles 3:1
These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite.
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1 Samuel 23:19
Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?
Psalms 54:1
O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.
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1 Samuel 23:14
And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
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1 Samuel 24:2
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats' Rocks.
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1 Samuel 14:50
And 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 uncle.
1 Samuel 17:55
As soon as Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this youth?" And Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.
2 Samuel 2:8
But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
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1 Samuel 17:20
And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the encampment as the host was going out to the battle line, shouting the war cry.
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2 Samuel 2:18
And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.
2 Samuel 3:39
And I was gentle today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I. The Lord repay the evildoer according to his wickedness!
2 Samuel 16:10
But the king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, 'Curse David,' who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?'
2 Samuel 19:22
But David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?
1 Chronicles 2:16
And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
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Judges 7:9 - 11
That same night the Lord said to him, "Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hand.
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1 Samuel 26:5
Then David rose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Saul was lying within the encampment, while the army was encamped around him.
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1 Samuel 26:11
The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand against the Lord 's anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go.
1 Samuel 26:16
This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the Lord 's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is and the jar of water that was at his head.
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1 Samuel 24:4
And the men of David said to him, "Here is the day of which the Lord said to you, 'Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'" Then David arose and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul's robe.
1 Samuel 24:18
And you have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the Lord put me into your hands.
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1 Samuel 26:11
The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand a...
1 Samuel 26:16
This thing that you have done is not good. As t...
1 Samuel 26:23
The Lord rewards every man for his righteousnes...
1 Samuel 24:6
He said to his men, "The Lord forbid that I sho...
1 Samuel 24:10
Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lo...
2 Samuel 1:16
And David said to him, "Your blood be on your h...
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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1 Samuel 25:38
And about ten days later the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
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Genesis 47:29
And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 31:14
And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may commission him." And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
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1 Samuel 31:6
Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
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1 Samuel 24:6
He said to his men, "The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord 's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord 's anointed.
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1 Samuel 26:7
So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him.
1 Samuel 26:16
This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the Lord 's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is and the jar of water that was at his head.
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Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
Genesis 15:12
As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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1 Samuel 26:7
So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him.
1 Samuel 26:11
The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand against the Lord 's anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go.
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1 Samuel 24:16
As soon as David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
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1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men who say, 'Behold, David seeks your harm'?
1 Samuel 24:11
See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.
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Psalms 120:5
Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
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2 Samuel 14:16
For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.
2 Samuel 20:19
I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord ?
2 Samuel 21:3
And David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless the heritage of the Lord ?
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1 Samuel 24:14
After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!
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1 Samuel 15:24
Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
1 Samuel 24:17 - 18
He said to David, "You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.
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Psalms 7:8
The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Psalms 18:20
The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
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Genesis 32:28
Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.
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1 Samuel 23:13
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.
2 Samuel 15:18
And all his servants passed by him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king.
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1 Samuel 21:10
And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath.
1 Kings 2:39
But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei's servants ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shimei, "Behold, your servants are in Gath.
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1 Samuel 25:43
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both of them became his wives.
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Genesis 33:15
So Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.
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Joshua 15:31
Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah.
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1 Samuel 29:3
The commanders of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, "Is this not David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me now for days and years, and since he deserted to me I have found no fault in him to this day.
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1 Chronicles 12:1
Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men who helped him in war.
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Joshua 13:2
This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites
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Joshua 16:10
However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.
Judges 1:29
And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
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1 Samuel 15:7 - 8
And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
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1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
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1 Samuel 23:27
A messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.
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1 Samuel 30:29
In Racal, in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, in the cities of the Kenites.
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Judges 1:16
And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.
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1 Samuel 29:1
Now the Philistines had gathered all their forces at Aphek. And the Israelites were encamped by the spring that is in Jezreel.
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1 Samuel 25:1
Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
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1 Samuel 1:19
They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
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Exodus 22:18
You shall not permit a sorceress to live.
Leviticus 19:31
Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:27
"A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them."
Deuteronomy 18:10 - 11
There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer
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Joshua 19:18
Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem.
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1 Samuel 31:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
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1 Samuel 28:15
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul answered, "I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.
1 Samuel 14:37
And Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?" But he did not answer him that day.
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Numbers 12:6
And he said, "Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
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Exodus 28:30
And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.
Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.
Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, "Give to Levi your Thummim, and your Urim to your godly one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah.
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1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance.
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Joshua 17:11
Also in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Naphath.
Psalms 83:10
Who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.
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1 Kings 20:38
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
1 Kings 22:30
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes." And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
2 Chronicles 18:29
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes." And the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.
2 Chronicles 35:22
Nevertheless, Josiah did not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to fight with him. He did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to fight in the plain of Megiddo.
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Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer
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1 Samuel 28:3
Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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1 Samuel 15:27
As Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
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1 Samuel 16:14
Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.
1 Samuel 18:12
Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.
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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 prophets.
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1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
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1 Samuel 15:9
But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.
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1 Samuel 31:2
And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
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Judges 12:3
And when I saw that you would not save me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?
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1 Samuel 28:1
In those days the Philistines gathered their forces for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, "Understand that you and your men are to go out with me in the army.
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1 Samuel 4:1
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek.
Joshua 12:18
The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one.
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Judges 7:1
Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
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Joshua 17:16
The people of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.
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Joshua 13:3
(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim.
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1 Samuel 28:1 - 2
In those days the Philistines gathered their forces for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, "Understand that you and your men are to go out with me in the army.
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1 Samuel 27:7
And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
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Daniel 6:5
Then these men said, "We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.
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1 Samuel 29:2
As the lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing on in the rear with Achish.
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1 Samuel 27:6
So that day Achish gave him Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
1 Samuel 30:1
Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire
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1 Samuel 14:21
Now the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time and who had gone up with them into the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
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1 Samuel 18:7
And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, "Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said to him, "Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, 'Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands'?
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1 Samuel 20:3
But David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.' But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
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2 Samuel 3:25
You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.
2 Kings 19:27
But I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
Psalms 121:8
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
Isaiah 37:28
'I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
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2 Samuel 14:17
And your servant thought, 'The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,' for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!
2 Samuel 14:20
In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth.
2 Samuel 19:27
He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.
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Joshua 13:3
(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim.
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1 Chronicles 12:19
Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, "At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.")
1 Chronicles 12:22
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.
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Joshua 17:16
The people of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.
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1 Samuel 29:4
But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Send the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?
1 Samuel 29:11
So David set out with his men early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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1 Samuel 27:8
Now David and his men went up and made raids against the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
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1 Samuel 30:14
We had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.
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1 Samuel 25:42 - 43
And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife.
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Exodus 17:4
So Moses cried to the Lord, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.
Numbers 14:10
Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.
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1 Samuel 23:6
When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech had fled to David to Keilah, he had come down with an ephod in his hand.
1 Samuel 23:9
David knew that Saul was plotting harm against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here.
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1 Samuel 22:10
And he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
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1 Chronicles 12:21
They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and were commanders in the army.
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1 Samuel 30:18
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
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1 Samuel 23:13
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.
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1 Samuel 30:21
Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people he greeted them.
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Judges 15:19
And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out from it. And when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore; it is at Lehi to this day.
1 Samuel 14:27
But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath, so he put out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.
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1 Samuel 30:1
Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire
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2 Samuel 8:18
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Ch...
2 Samuel 15:18
And all his servants passed by him, and all the...
2 Samuel 20:7
And there went out after him Joab's men and the...
2 Samuel 20:23
Now Joab was in command of all the army of Isra...
1 Kings 1:38
So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Be...
1 Kings 1:44
And the king has sent with him Zadok the priest...
1 Chronicles 18:17
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Ch...
Ezekiel 25:16
Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I wil...
Zephaniah 2:5
Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast, you nat...
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1 Samuel 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.
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1 Samuel 30:8
And David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue.
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1 Samuel 30:18
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
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1 Samuel 30:10
But David pursued, he and four hundred men. Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.
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1 Samuel 30:10
But David pursued, he and four hundred men. Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.
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Numbers 31:27
And divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
Joshua 22:8
He said to them, "Go back to your tents with much wealth and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and with much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.
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Genesis 28:19
He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Judges 1:22 - 26
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
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Joshua 15:48
And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh.
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Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. The Lord our God gave all into our hands.
Joshua 13:16
So their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba.
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Joshua 15:50
Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim.
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1 Samuel 27:10
When Achish asked, "Where have you made a raid today?" David would say, "Against the Negeb of Judah," or, "Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites," or, "Against the Negeb of the Kenites.
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Judges 1:16
And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.
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Judges 1:17
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they defeated the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath and devoted it to destruction. So the name of the city was called Hormah.
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Joshua 14:13 - 15
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Judges 1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
2 Samuel 2:1 - 4
After this David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?" And the Lord said to him, "Go up." David said, "To which shall I go up?" And he said, "To Hebron.
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1 Samuel 31:1 - 13
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 10:1 - 12
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
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1 Samuel 28:4
The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa.
2 Samuel 1:6
And the young man who told him said, "By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him.
2 Samuel 1:21
You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
2 Samuel 21:12
David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.
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1 Chronicles 8:33
Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.
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1 Samuel 14:49
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchi-shua. And the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn was Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.
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2 Samuel 1:6
And the young man who told him said, "By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him.
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Judges 9:54
Then he called quickly to the young man his armor-bearer and said to him, "Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, 'A woman killed him.'" And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
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Judges 14:3
But his father and mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.
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2 Samuel 1:14
David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the Lord 's anointed?
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2 Samuel 1:10
So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.
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2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
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Judges 16:23 - 24
Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, and they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.
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1 Samuel 21:9
And the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here." And David said, "There is none like that; give it to me.
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Judges 2:13
They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.
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Joshua 17:11
Also in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Naphath.
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2 Samuel 21:10
Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens. And she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.
1 Samuel 11:1 - 11
Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.
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2 Samuel 2:4 - 7
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.
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2 Chronicles 16:14
They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
2 Chronicles 21:19
In the course of time, at the end of two years, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great agony. His people made no fire in his honor, like the fires made for his fathers.
Jeremiah 34:5
You shall die in peace. And as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so people shall burn spices for you and lament for you, saying, "Alas, lord!"' For I have spoken the word, declares the Lord.
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2 Samuel 21:12
David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.
2 Samuel 21:14
And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. And they did all that the king commanded. And after that God responded to the plea for the land.
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1 Samuel 22:6
Now Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.
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Genesis 50:10
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
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