1 Samuel 2:3; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 7:11; 1 Samuel 8:20; 1 Samuel 9:11; 1 Samuel 9:14; 1 Samuel 9:26; 1 Samuel 11:3; 1 Samuel 11:7; 1 Samuel 11:10; 1 Samuel 12:8; 1 Samuel 13:10; 1 Samuel 13:17; 1 Samuel 13:23; 1 Samuel 14:11; 1 Samuel 14:41; 1 Samuel 17:4; 1 Samuel 17:8; 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Samuel 17:35; 1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 18:5; 1 Samuel 18:6; 1 Samuel 18:13; 1 Samuel 18:16; 1 Samuel 18:30; 1 Samuel 19:3; 1 Samuel 19:8; 1 Samuel 20:11; 1 Samuel 20:35; 1 Samuel 21:5; 1 Samuel 22:3; 1 Samuel 23:13; 1 Samuel 23:15; 1 Samuel 24:8; 1 Samuel 24:13; 1 Samuel 24:14; 1 Samuel 25:37; 1 Samuel 26:20; 1 Samuel 28:1; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Samuel 30:21

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1 Samuel 2:3

3 “Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.
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1 Samuel 4:1

1 And Samuel’s word came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek.
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1 Samuel 7:11

11 The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.
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1 Samuel 8:20

20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
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1 Samuel 9:11

11 As they were going up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water, and they asked them, “Is the seer here?”
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1 Samuel 9:14

14 They went up to the town, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel, coming toward them on his way up to the high place.
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1 Samuel 9:26

26 They rose about daybreak, and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way.” When Saul got ready, he and Samuel went outside together.
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1 Samuel 11:3

3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel; if no one comes to rescue us, we will surrender to you.”
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1 Samuel 11:7

7 He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent the pieces by messengers throughout Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out together as one.
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1 Samuel 11:10

10 They said to the Ammonites, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever you like.”
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1 Samuel 12:8

8 “After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the LORD for help, and the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
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1 Samuel 13:10

10 Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
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1 Samuel 13:17

17 Raiding parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah in the vicinity of Shual,
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1 Samuel 13:23

23 Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass at Mikmash.
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1 Samuel 14:11

11 So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine outpost. “Look!” said the Philistines. “The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes they were hiding in.”
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1 Samuel 14:41

41 Then Saul prayed to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault, respond with Thummim.” Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the men were cleared.
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1 Samuel 17:4

4 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.
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1 Samuel 17:8

8 Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me.
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1 Samuel 17:20

20 Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.
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1 Samuel 17:35

35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.
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1 Samuel 17:55

55 As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.”
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1 Samuel 18:5

5 Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the troops, and Saul’s officers as well.
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1 Samuel 18:6

6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres.
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1 Samuel 18:13

13 So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns.
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1 Samuel 18:16

16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.
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1 Samuel 18:30

30 The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name became well known.
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1 Samuel 19:3

3 I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I’ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.”
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1 Samuel 19:8

8 Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.
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1 Samuel 20:11

11 “Come,” Jonathan said, “let’s go out into the field.” So they went there together.
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1 Samuel 20:35

35 In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for his meeting with David. He had a small boy with him,
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1 Samuel 21:5

5 David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual whenever I set out. The men’s bodies are holy even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!”
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1 Samuel 22:3

3 From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?”
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1 Samuel 23:13

13 So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.
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1 Samuel 23:15

15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that Saul had come out to take his life.
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1 Samuel 24:8

8 Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.
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1 Samuel 24:13

13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not touch you.
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1 Samuel 24:14

14 “Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
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1 Samuel 25:37

37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.
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1 Samuel 26:20

20 Now do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. The king of Israel has come out to look for a flea—as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
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1 Samuel 28:1

1 In those days the Philistines gathered their forces to fight against Israel. Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men will accompany me in the army.”
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1 Samuel 29:6

6 So Achish called David and said to him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been reliable, and I would be pleased to have you serve with me in the army. From the day you came to me until today, I have found no fault in you, but the rulers don’t approve of you.
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1 Samuel 30:21

21 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were.
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