1 Samuel 1:8; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 1:14; 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 1:22; 1 Samuel 1:23; 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 2:1; 1 Samuel 2:15; 1 Samuel 2:16; 1 Samuel 2:20; 1 Samuel 2:23; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 2:36; 1 Samuel 3:4; 1 Samuel 3:5; 1 Samuel 3:6; 1 Samuel 3:8; 1 Samuel 3:9; 1 Samuel 3:10; 1 Samuel 3:11; 1 Samuel 3:16; 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 3:18; 1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Samuel 4:6; 1 Samuel 4:7; 1 Samuel 4:14; 1 Samuel 4:16; 1 Samuel 4:21; 1 Samuel 4:22; 1 Samuel 5:7; 1 Samuel 5:8; 1 Samuel 5:10; 1 Samuel 5:11; 1 Samuel 6:2; 1 Samuel 6:3; 1 Samuel 6:4; 1 Samuel 6:20; 1 Samuel 6:21; 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Samuel 7:5; 1 Samuel 7:6; 1 Samuel 7:8; 1 Samuel 7:12; 1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 8:6; 1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 8:10; 1 Samuel 8:11; 1 Samuel 8:19; 1 Samuel 8:22; 1 Samuel 9:3; 1 Samuel 9:5; 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Samuel 9:7; 1 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 9:9; 1 Samuel 9:10; 1 Samuel 9:11; 1 Samuel 9:12; 1 Samuel 9:15; 1 Samuel 9:17; 1 Samuel 9:18; 1 Samuel 9:19; 1 Samuel 9:23; 1 Samuel 9:24; 1 Samuel 9:26; 1 Samuel 9:27; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 10:2; 1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Samuel 10:12; 1 Samuel 10:14; 1 Samuel 10:15; 1 Samuel 10:16; 1 Samuel 10:18; 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel 10:22; 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Samuel 11:1; 1 Samuel 11:2; 1 Samuel 11:3; 1 Samuel 11:5; 1 Samuel 11:7; 1 Samuel 11:9; 1 Samuel 11:10; 1 Samuel 11:12; 1 Samuel 11:13; 1 Samuel 11:14; 1 Samuel 12:1; 1 Samuel 12:4; 1 Samuel 12:5; 1 Samuel 12:6; 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 12:19; 1 Samuel 12:20; 1 Samuel 13:3; 1 Samuel 13:4; 1 Samuel 13:9; 1 Samuel 13:11; 1 Samuel 13:12; 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 13:19; 1 Samuel 14:1; 1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 14:7; 1 Samuel 14:8; 1 Samuel 14:9; 1 Samuel 14:10; 1 Samuel 14:11; 1 Samuel 14:12; 1 Samuel 14:17; 1 Samuel 14:18; 1 Samuel 14:19; 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 14:28; 1 Samuel 14:29; 1 Samuel 14:33; 1 Samuel 14:34; 1 Samuel 14:36; 1 Samuel 14:38; 1 Samuel 14:40; 1 Samuel 14:41; 1 Samuel 14:42; 1 Samuel 14:43; 1 Samuel 14:44; 1 Samuel 14:45; 1 Samuel 15:1; 1 Samuel 15:2; 1 Samuel 15:6; 1 Samuel 15:10; 1 Samuel 15:12; 1 Samuel 15:13; 1 Samuel 15:14; 1 Samuel 15:15; 1 Samuel 15:16; 1 Samuel 15:17; 1 Samuel 15:18; 1 Samuel 15:20; 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 15:24; 1 Samuel 15:26; 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Samuel 15:30; 1 Samuel 15:32; 1 Samuel 15:33; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:2; 1 Samuel 16:3; 1 Samuel 16:4; 1 Samuel 16:5; 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Samuel 16:8; 1 Samuel 16:9; 1 Samuel 16:10; 1 Samuel 16:11; 1 Samuel 16:12; 1 Samuel 16:15; 1 Samuel 16:16; 1 Samuel 16:17; 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Samuel 16:19; 1 Samuel 16:22; 1 Samuel 17:8; 1 Samuel 17:10; 1 Samuel 17:17; 1 Samuel 17:25; 1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:27; 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Samuel 17:29; 1 Samuel 17:30; 1 Samuel 17:32; 1 Samuel 17:33; 1 Samuel 17:34; 1 Samuel 17:37; 1 Samuel 17:39; 1 Samuel 17:43; 1 Samuel 17:44; 1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 17:56; 1 Samuel 17:58; 1 Samuel 18:7; 1 Samuel 18:8; 1 Samuel 18:11; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 18:18; 1 Samuel 18:21; 1 Samuel 18:22; 1 Samuel 18:23; 1 Samuel 18:25; 1 Samuel 19:2; 1 Samuel 19:4; 1 Samuel 19:11; 1 Samuel 19:14; 1 Samuel 19:15; 1 Samuel 19:17; 1 Samuel 19:19; 1 Samuel 19:22; 1 Samuel 19:24; 1 Samuel 20:1; 1 Samuel 20:2; 1 Samuel 20:3; 1 Samuel 20:4; 1 Samuel 20:5; 1 Samuel 20:6; 1 Samuel 20:7; 1 Samuel 20:9; 1 Samuel 20:10; 1 Samuel 20:11; 1 Samuel 20:12; 1 Samuel 20:18; 1 Samuel 20:21; 1 Samuel 20:22; 1 Samuel 20:26; 1 Samuel 20:27; 1 Samuel 20:29; 1 Samuel 20:30; 1 Samuel 20:32; 1 Samuel 20:36; 1 Samuel 20:37; 1 Samuel 20:40; 1 Samuel 20:42; 1 Samuel 21:1; 1 Samuel 21:2; 1 Samuel 21:4; 1 Samuel 21:5; 1 Samuel 21:8; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 21:11; 1 Samuel 21:14; 1 Samuel 22:3; 1 Samuel 22:5; 1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Samuel 22:9; 1 Samuel 22:12; 1 Samuel 22:13; 1 Samuel 22:14; 1 Samuel 22:16; 1 Samuel 22:17; 1 Samuel 22:18; 1 Samuel 22:22; 1 Samuel 23:1; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Samuel 23:3; 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Samuel 23:7; 1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Samuel 23:10; 1 Samuel 23:11; 1 Samuel 23:12; 1 Samuel 23:17; 1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Samuel 23:21; 1 Samuel 23:22; 1 Samuel 23:27; 1 Samuel 24:1; 1 Samuel 24:4; 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 24:8; 1 Samuel 24:9; 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 24:13; 1 Samuel 24:16; 1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Samuel 25:5; 1 Samuel 25:6; 1 Samuel 25:10; 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 25:14; 1 Samuel 25:19; 1 Samuel 25:21; 1 Samuel 25:24; 1 Samuel 25:32; 1 Samuel 25:35; 1 Samuel 25:39; 1 Samuel 25:40; 1 Samuel 25:41; 1 Samuel 26:1; 1 Samuel 26:6; 1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Samuel 26:9; 1 Samuel 26:10; 1 Samuel 26:14; 1 Samuel 26:15; 1 Samuel 26:17; 1 Samuel 26:18; 1 Samuel 26:19; 1 Samuel 26:21; 1 Samuel 26:25; 1 Samuel 27:1; 1 Samuel 27:5; 1 Samuel 27:10; 1 Samuel 27:11; 1 Samuel 27:12; 1 Samuel 28:1; 1 Samuel 28:2; 1 Samuel 28:7; 1 Samuel 28:8; 1 Samuel 28:9; 1 Samuel 28:10; 1 Samuel 28:11; 1 Samuel 28:12; 1 Samuel 28:13; 1 Samuel 28:14; 1 Samuel 28:15; 1 Samuel 28:16; 1 Samuel 28:21; 1 Samuel 28:23; 1 Samuel 29:3; 1 Samuel 29:4; 1 Samuel 29:5; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Samuel 29:8; 1 Samuel 29:9; 1 Samuel 30:6; 1 Samuel 30:7; 1 Samuel 30:8; 1 Samuel 30:13; 1 Samuel 30:15; 1 Samuel 30:20; 1 Samuel 30:22; 1 Samuel 30:23; 1 Samuel 30:26; 1 Samuel 31:4

1 Samuel 1:8

8 Then Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

1 Samuel 1:11

11 She made a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son , then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head."

1 Samuel 1:14

14 Then Eli said to her, "How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you."

1 Samuel 1:17

17 Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of Him."

1 Samuel 1:18

18 She said, "Let your maidservant find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

1 Samuel 1:22

22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "I will not go up until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD and stay there forever ."

1 Samuel 1:23

23 Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seems best to you. Remain until you have weaned him; only may the LORD confirm His word." So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

1 Samuel 1:26

26 She said, "Oh, my lord ! As your soul lives, my lord , I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the LORD .

1 Samuel 2:1

1 Then Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the LORD ; My horn is exalted in the LORD , My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

1 Samuel 2:15

15 Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw."

1 Samuel 2:16

16 If the man said to him, "They must surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as you desire," then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force."

1 Samuel 2:20

20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "May the LORD give you children from this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD ." And they went to their own home.

1 Samuel 2:23

23 He said to them, "Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people?

1 Samuel 2:27

27 Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "Thus says the LORD , 'Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house?

1 Samuel 2:30

30 "Therefore the LORD God of Israel declares, 'I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever '; but now the LORD declares, 'Far be it from Me-for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed.

1 Samuel 2:36

36 'Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, "Please assign me to one of the priest's offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.""'

1 Samuel 3:4

4 that the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am."

1 Samuel 3:5

5 Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, lie down again." So he went and lay down.

1 Samuel 3:6

6 The LORD called yet again, "Samuel!" So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he answered, "I did not call, my son, lie down again."

1 Samuel 3:8

8 So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy.

1 Samuel 3:9

9 And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD , for Your servant is listening.' " So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Samuel 3:10

10 Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening."

1 Samuel 3:11

11 The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

1 Samuel 3:16

16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am."

1 Samuel 3:17

17 He said, "What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you."

1 Samuel 3:18

18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is the LORD ; let Him do what seems good to Him."

1 Samuel 4:3

3 When the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the LORD , that it may come among us and deliver us from the power of our enemies."

1 Samuel 4:6

6 When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, "What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" Then they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp.

1 Samuel 4:7

7 The Philistines were afraid, for they said, "God has come into the camp." And they said, "Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before.

1 Samuel 4:14

14 When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, "What does the noise of this commotion mean?" Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli.

1 Samuel 4:16

16 The man said to Eli, "I am the one who came from the battle line. Indeed, I escaped from the battle line today." And he said, "How did things go, my son?"

1 Samuel 4:21

21 And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel," because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

1 Samuel 4:22

22 She said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God was taken."

1 Samuel 5:7

7 When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god."

1 Samuel 5:8

8 So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" And they said, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath." And they brought the ark of the God of Israel around.

1 Samuel 5:10

10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought the ark of the God of Israel around to us, to kill us and our people."

1 Samuel 5:11

11 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people." For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

1 Samuel 6:2

2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the LORD ? Tell us how we shall send it to its place."

1 Samuel 6:3

3 They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty; but you shall surely return to Him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you."

1 Samuel 6:4

4 Then they said, "What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him?" And they said, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for one plague was on all of you and on your lords.

1 Samuel 6:20

20 The men of Beth-shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before the LORD , this holy God? And to whom shall He go up from us?"

1 Samuel 6:21

21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of the LORD ; come down and take it up to you."

1 Samuel 7:3

3 Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you return to the LORD with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the LORD and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."

1 Samuel 7:5

5 Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you."

1 Samuel 7:6

6 They gathered to Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the LORD , and fasted on that day and said there, "We have sinned against the LORD ." And Samuel judged the sons of Israel at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 7:8

8 Then the sons of Israel said to Samuel, "Do not cease to cry to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines."

1 Samuel 7:12

12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us."

1 Samuel 8:5

5 and they said to him, "Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations."

1 Samuel 8:6

6 But the thing was displeasing in the sight of Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed to the LORD .

1 Samuel 8:7

7 The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.

1 Samuel 8:10

10 So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who had asked of him a king.

1 Samuel 8:11

11 He said, "This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots.

1 Samuel 8:19

19 Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, "No, but there shall be a king over us,

1 Samuel 8:22

22 The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice and appoint them a king." So Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Go every man to his city."

1 Samuel 9:3

3 Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to his son Saul, "Take now with you one of the servants, and arise, go search for the donkeys."

1 Samuel 9:5

5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, and let us return, or else my father will cease to be concerned about the donkeys and will become anxious for us."

1 Samuel 9:6

6 He said to him, "Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and the man is held in honor; all that he says surely comes true. Now let us go there, perhaps he can tell us about our journey on which we have set out."

1 Samuel 9:7

7 Then Saul said to his servant, "But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is gone from our sack and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?"

1 Samuel 9:8

8 The servant answered Saul again and said, "Behold, I have in my hand a fourth of a shekel of silver; I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us our way."

1 Samuel 9:9

9 (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he used to say, "Come, and let us go to the seer "; for he who is called a prophet now was formerly called a seer.)

1 Samuel 9:10

10 Then Saul said to his servant, "Well said; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.

1 Samuel 9:11

11 As they went up the slope to the city, they found young women going out to draw water and said to them, "Is the seer here?"

1 Samuel 9:12

12 They answered them and said, "He is; see, he is ahead of you. Hurry now, for he has come into the city today, for the people have a sacrifice on the high place today.

1 Samuel 9:15

15 Now a day before Saul's coming, the LORD had revealed this to Samuel saying,

1 Samuel 9:17

17 When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, "Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! This one shall rule over My people."

1 Samuel 9:18

18 Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."

1 Samuel 9:19

19 Samuel answered Saul and said, "I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today; and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is on your mind.

1 Samuel 9:23

23 Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion that I gave you, concerning which I said to you, 'Set it aside.' "

1 Samuel 9:24

24 Then the cook took up the leg with what was on it and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, "Here is what has been reserved! Set it before you and eat, because it has been kept for you until the appointed time, since I said I have invited the people." So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

1 Samuel 9:26

26 And they arose early; and at daybreak Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, "Get up, that I may send you away." So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.

1 Samuel 9:27

27 As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Say to the servant that he might go ahead of us and pass on, but you remain standing now, that I may proclaim the word of God to you."

1 Samuel 10:1

1 Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you a ruler over His inheritance?

1 Samuel 10:2

2 "When you go from me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, 'The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. Now behold, your father has ceased to be concerned about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"'

1 Samuel 10:11

11 It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, "What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?"

1 Samuel 10:12

12 A man there said, "Now, who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb: "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

1 Samuel 10:14

14 Now Saul's uncle said to him and his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, "To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they could not be found, we went to Samuel."

1 Samuel 10:15

15 Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."

1 Samuel 10:16

16 So Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found." But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel had mentioned.

1 Samuel 10:18

18 and he said to the sons of Israel, "Thus says the LORD , the God of Israel, 'I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.'

1 Samuel 10:19

19 "But you have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, 'No, but set a king over us!' Now therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans."

1 Samuel 10:22

22 Therefore they inquired further of the LORD , "Has the man come here yet?" So the LORD said, "Behold, he is hiding himself by the baggage."

1 Samuel 10:24

24 Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people." So all the people shouted and said, "Long live the king!"

1 Samuel 10:27

27 But certain worthless men said, "How can this one deliver us?" And they despised him and did not bring him any present. But he kept silent.

1 Samuel 11:1

1 Now Nahash the Ammonite came up and besieged Jabesh-gilead ; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us and we will serve you."

1 Samuel 11:2

2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "I will make it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel."

1 Samuel 11:3

3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to deliver us, we will come out to you."

1 Samuel 11:5

5 Now behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen, and he said, "What is the matter with the people that they weep?" So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

1 Samuel 11:7

7 He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, "Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." Then the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

1 Samuel 11:9

9 They said to the messengers who had come, "Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead , 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have deliverance.' " So the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

1 Samuel 11:10

10 Then the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you."

1 Samuel 11:12

12 Then the people said to Samuel, "Who is he that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring the men, that we may put them to death."

1 Samuel 11:13

13 But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has accomplished deliverance in Israel."

1 Samuel 11:14

14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there."

1 Samuel 12:1

1 Then Samuel said to all Israel, "Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me and I have appointed a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:4

4 They said, "You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand."

1 Samuel 12:5

5 He said to them, "The LORD is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day that you have found nothing in my hand." And they said, "He is witness."

1 Samuel 12:6

6 Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 12:10

10 "They cried out to the LORD and said, 'We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.'

1 Samuel 12:12

12 "When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' although the LORD your God was your king.

1 Samuel 12:19

19 Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king."

1 Samuel 12:20

20 Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD , but serve the LORD with all your heart.

1 Samuel 13:3

3 Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear."

1 Samuel 13:4

4 All Israel heard the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. The people were then summoned to Saul at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 13:9

9 So Saul said, "Bring to me the burnt offering and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering.

1 Samuel 13:11

11 But Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,

1 Samuel 13:12

12 therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD .' So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering."

1 Samuel 13:13

13 Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, for now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever .

1 Samuel 13:19

19 Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears."

1 Samuel 14:1

1 Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was carrying his armor, "Come and let us cross over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side." But he did not tell his father.

1 Samuel 14:6

6 Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, "Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps the LORD will work for us, for the LORD is not restrained to save by many or by few."

1 Samuel 14:7

7 His armor bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart; turn yourself, and here I am with you according to your desire."

1 Samuel 14:8

8 Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them.

1 Samuel 14:9

9 "If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you'; then we will stand in our place and not go up to them.

1 Samuel 14:10

10 "But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has given them into our hands; and this shall be the sign to us."

1 Samuel 14:11

11 When both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, the Philistines said, "Behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves."

1 Samuel 14:12

12 So the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, "Come up to us and we will tell you something." And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hands of Israel."

1 Samuel 14:17

17 Saul said to the people who were with him, "Number now and see who has gone from us." And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

1 Samuel 14:18

18 Then Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." For the ark of God was at that time with the sons of Israel.

1 Samuel 14:19

19 While Saul talked to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand."

1 Samuel 14:24

24 Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day, for Saul had put the people under oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats food before evening, and until I have avenged myself on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.

1 Samuel 14:28

28 Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today.' " And the people were weary.

1 Samuel 14:29

29 Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. See now, how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

1 Samuel 14:33

33 Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood." And he said, "You have acted treacherously; roll a great stone to me today."

1 Samuel 14:34

34 Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, 'Each one of you bring me his ox or his sheep, and slaughter it here and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.' " So all the people that night brought each one his ox with him and slaughtered it there.

1 Samuel 14:36

36 Then Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them." And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you." So the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."

1 Samuel 14:38

38 Saul said, "Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and investigate and see how this sin has happened today.

1 Samuel 14:40

40 Then he said to all Israel, "You shall be on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."

1 Samuel 14:41

41 Therefore, Saul said to the LORD , the God of Israel, "Give a perfect lot." And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.

1 Samuel 14:42

42 Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." And Jonathan was taken.

1 Samuel 14:43

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." So Jonathan told him and said, "I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die!"

1 Samuel 14:44

44 Saul said, "May God do this to me and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan."

1 Samuel 14:45

45 But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die.

1 Samuel 15:1

1 Then Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD .

1 Samuel 15:2

2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:6

6 Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15:10

10 Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,

1 Samuel 15:12

12 Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul; and it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded on down to Gilgal."

1 Samuel 15:13

13 Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD ! I have carried out the command of the LORD ."

1 Samuel 15:14

14 But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?"

1 Samuel 15:15

15 Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed."

1 Samuel 15:16

16 Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait, and let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." And he said to him, "Speak!"

1 Samuel 15:17

17 Samuel said, "Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed you king over Israel,

1 Samuel 15:18

18 and the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.'

1 Samuel 15:20

20 Then Saul said to Samuel, "I did obey the voice of the LORD , and went on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15:22

22 Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 15:24

24 Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; I have indeed transgressed the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.

1 Samuel 15:26

26 But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the LORD , and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel."

1 Samuel 15:28

28 So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

1 Samuel 15:30

30 Then he said, "I have sinned; but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, that I may worship the LORD your God."

1 Samuel 15:32

32 Then Samuel said, "Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites." And Agag came to him cheerfully. And Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past."

1 Samuel 15:33

33 But Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 16:1

1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons."

1 Samuel 16:2

2 But Samuel said, "How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD .'

1 Samuel 16:3

3 "You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I designate to you."

1 Samuel 16:4

4 So Samuel did what the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, "Do you come in peace?"

1 Samuel 16:5

5 He said, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD . Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." He also consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 16:6

6 When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him."

1 Samuel 16:7

7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

1 Samuel 16:8

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either."

1 Samuel 16:9

9 Next Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either."

1 Samuel 16:10

10 Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these."

1 Samuel 16:11

11 And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are these all the children?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is tending the sheep." Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here."

1 Samuel 16:12

12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is he."

1 Samuel 16:15

15 Saul's servants then said to him, "Behold now, an evil spirit from God is terrorizing you.

1 Samuel 16:16

16 "Let our lord now command your servants who are before you. Let them seek a man who is a skillful player on the harp; and it shall come about when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play the harp with his hand, and you will be well."

1 Samuel 16:17

17 So Saul said to his servants, "Provide for me now a man who can play well and bring him to me."

1 Samuel 16:18

18 Then one of the young men said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one prudent in speech, and a handsome man; and the LORD is with him."

1 Samuel 16:19

19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David who is with the flock."

1 Samuel 16:22

22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David now stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight."

1 Samuel 17:8

8 He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? Am I not the Philistine and you servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

1 Samuel 17:10

10 Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together."

1 Samuel 17:17

17 Then Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers.

1 Samuel 17:25

25 The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel."

1 Samuel 17:26

26 Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?"

1 Samuel 17:27

27 The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him."

1 Samuel 17:28

28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle."

1 Samuel 17:29

29 But David said, "What have I done now? Was it not just a question?"

1 Samuel 17:30

30 Then he turned away from him to another and said the same thing; and the people answered the same thing as before.

1 Samuel 17:32

32 David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."

1 Samuel 17:33

33 Then Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth."

1 Samuel 17:34

34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant was tending his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

1 Samuel 17:37

37 And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you."

1 Samuel 17:39

39 David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them." And David took them off .

1 Samuel 17:43

43 The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

1 Samuel 17:44

44 The Philistine also said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field."

1 Samuel 17:45

45 Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.

1 Samuel 17:55

55 Now when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" And Abner said, "By your life, O king, I do not know."

1 Samuel 17:56

56 The king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is."

1 Samuel 17:58

58 Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" And David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."

1 Samuel 18:7

7 The women sang as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands."

1 Samuel 18:8

8 Then Saul became very angry, for this saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?"

1 Samuel 18:11

11 Saul hurled the spear for he thought, "I will pin David to the wall." But David escaped from his presence twice.

1 Samuel 18:17

17 Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the LORD'S battles." For Saul thought, "My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him."

1 Samuel 18:18

18 But David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law?"

1 Samuel 18:21

21 Saul thought, "I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." Therefore Saul said to David, "For a second time you may be my son-in-law today."

1 Samuel 18:22

22 Then Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David secretly, saying, 'Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become the king's son-in-law.' "

1 Samuel 18:23

23 So Saul's servants spoke these words to David. But David said, "Is it trivial in your sight to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?"

1 Samuel 18:25

25 Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies.' " Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 19:2

2 So Jonathan told David saying, "Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

1 Samuel 19:4

4 Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, "Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very beneficial to you.

1 Samuel 19:11

11 Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death."

1 Samuel 19:14

14 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."

1 Samuel 19:15

15 Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me on his bed, that I may put him to death."

1 Samuel 19:17

17 So Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?" And Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! Why should I put you to death?' "

1 Samuel 19:19

19 It was told Saul, saying, "Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah."

1 Samuel 19:22

22 Then he himself went to Ramah and came as far as the large well that is in Secu; and he asked and said, "Where are Samuel and David?" And someone said, "Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah."

1 Samuel 19:24

24 He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

1 Samuel 20:1

1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?"

1 Samuel 20:2

2 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. So why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!"

1 Samuel 20:3

3 Yet David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.' But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death."

1 Samuel 20:4

4 Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."

1 Samuel 20:5

5 So David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I ought to sit down to eat with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.

1 Samuel 20:6

6 "If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.'

1 Samuel 20:7

7 "If he says, 'It is good,' your servant will be safe; but if he is very angry, know that he has decided on evil.

1 Samuel 20:9

9 Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! For if I should indeed learn that evil has been decided by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you about it?"

1 Samuel 20:10

10 Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"

1 Samuel 20:11

11 Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field." So both of them went out to the field.

1 Samuel 20:12

12 Then 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 there is good feeling toward David, shall I not then send to you and make it known to you?

1 Samuel 20:18

18 Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed because your seat will be empty.

1 Samuel 20:21

21 "And behold, I will send the lad, saying, 'Go, find the arrows.' If I specifically say to the lad, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,' then come; for there is safety for you and no harm, as the LORD lives.

1 Samuel 20:22

22 "But if I say to the youth, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you,' go, for the LORD has sent you away.

1 Samuel 20:26

26 Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he thought, "It is an accident, he is not clean, surely he is not clean."

1 Samuel 20:27

27 It came about the next day, the second day of the new moon, that David's place was empty; so Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why has the son of Jesse not come to the meal, either yesterday or today?"

1 Samuel 20:29

29 for he said, 'Please let me go, since our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. And now, if I have found favor in your sight, please let me get away that I may see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table."

1 Samuel 20:30

30 Then Saul's anger burned against Jonathan and he said to him, "You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?

1 Samuel 20:32

32 But Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"

1 Samuel 20:36

36 He said to his lad, "Run, find now the arrows which I am about to shoot." As the lad was running, he shot an arrow past him.

1 Samuel 20:37

37 When the lad reached the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the lad and said, "Is not the arrow beyond you?"

1 Samuel 20:40

40 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad and said to him, "Go, bring them to the city."

1 Samuel 20:42

42 Jonathan said to David, "Go in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the LORD , saying, 'The LORD will be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever .' " Then he rose and departed, while Jonathan went into the city.

1 Samuel 21:1

1 Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, "Why are you alone and no one with you?"

1 Samuel 21:2

2 David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, 'Let no one know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.'

1 Samuel 21:4

4 The priest answered David and said, "There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women."

1 Samuel 21:5

5 David answered the priest and said to him, "Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy?"

1 Samuel 21:8

8 David said to Ahimelech, "Now is there not a spear or a sword on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's matter was urgent."

1 Samuel 21:9

9 Then the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. For there is no other except it here." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me."

1 Samuel 21:11

11 But the servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands '?"

1 Samuel 21:14

14 Then Achish said to his servants, "Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me?

1 Samuel 22:3

3 And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me."

1 Samuel 22:5

5 The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.

1 Samuel 22:7

7 Saul said to his servants who stood around him, "Hear now, O Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse also give to all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

1 Samuel 22:9

9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

1 Samuel 22:12

12 Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." And he answered, "Here I am, my lord ."

1 Samuel 22:13

13 Saul then said to him, "Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as it is this day?"

1 Samuel 22:14

14 Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king's son-in-law, who is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house?

1 Samuel 22:16

16 But the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's household!"

1 Samuel 22:17

17 And the king said to the guards who were attending him, "Turn around and put the priests of the LORD to death, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it to me." But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to attack the priests of the LORD .

1 Samuel 22:18

18 Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn around and attack the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

1 Samuel 22:22

22 Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have brought about the death of every person in your father's household.

1 Samuel 23:1

1 Then they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors."

1 Samuel 23:2

2 So David inquired of the LORD , saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and deliver Keilah."

1 Samuel 23:3

3 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 ranks of the Philistines?"

1 Samuel 23:4

4 Then David inquired of the LORD once more . And the LORD answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.

1 Samuel 23:7

7 When it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars."

1 Samuel 23:9

9 Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."

1 Samuel 23:10

10 Then David said, "O LORD God of Israel, Your servant has heard for certain that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to destroy the city on my account.

1 Samuel 23:11

11 "Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant." And the LORD said, "He will come down."

1 Samuel 23:12

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."

1 Samuel 23:17

17 Thus he said to him, "Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you will be king over Israel and I will be next to you; and Saul my father knows that also."

1 Samuel 23:19

19 Then Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon

1 Samuel 23:21

21 Saul said, "May you be blessed of the LORD , for you have had compassion on me

1 Samuel 23:22

22 "Go now, make more sure, and investigate and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning.

1 Samuel 23:27

27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land."

1 Samuel 24:1

1 Now when Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, saying, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi."

1 Samuel 24:4

4 The men of David said to him, "Behold, this is the day of which the LORD said to you, 'Behold; I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it seems good to you.' " Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul's robe secretly.

1 Samuel 24:6

6 So he said to his men, "Far be it from me because of the LORD that I should do this thing to my lord , the LORD'S anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD'S anointed."

1 Samuel 24:8

8 Now afterward David arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself.

1 Samuel 24:9

9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, 'Behold, David seeks to harm you'?

1 Samuel 24:10

10 "Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord , for he is the LORD'S anointed.'

1 Samuel 24:13

13 "As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness '; but my hand shall not be against you.

1 Samuel 24:16

16 When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Then Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

1 Samuel 24:17

17 He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt wickedly with you.

1 Samuel 25:5

5 So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, visit Nabal and greet him in my name;

1 Samuel 25:6

6 and thus you shall say, 'Have a long life, peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

1 Samuel 25:10

10 But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master.

1 Samuel 25:13

13 David said to his men, "Each of you gird on his sword." So each man girded on his sword. And David also girded on his sword, and about four hundred men went up behind David while two hundred stayed with the baggage.

1 Samuel 25:14

14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, and he scorned them.

1 Samuel 25:19

19 She said to her young men, "Go on before me; behold, I am coming after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:21

21 Now David had said, "Surely in vain I have guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good.

1 Samuel 25:24

24 She fell at his feet and said, "On me alone, my lord , be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant.

1 Samuel 25:32

32 Then David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me,

1 Samuel 25:35

35 So David received from her hand what she had brought him and said to her, "Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to you and granted your request."

1 Samuel 25:39

39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD , who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil. The LORD has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head." Then David sent a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

1 Samuel 25:40

40 When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you to take you as his wife."

1 Samuel 25:41

41 She arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your maidservant is a maid to wash the feet of my lord's servants."

1 Samuel 26:1

1 Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?"

1 Samuel 26:6

6 Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you."

1 Samuel 26:8

8 Then Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand; now therefore, please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time."

1 Samuel 26:9

9 But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD'S anointed and be without guilt?"

1 Samuel 26:10

10 David also said, "As the LORD lives, surely the LORD will strike him, or his day will come that he dies, or he will go down into battle and perish.

1 Samuel 26:14

14 David called to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Will you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner replied, "Who are you who calls to the king?"

1 Samuel 26:15

15 So David said to Abner, "Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came to destroy the king your lord .

1 Samuel 26:17

17 Then Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord the king."

1 Samuel 26:18

18 He also said, "Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

1 Samuel 26:19

19 "Now therefore, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men , cursed are they before the LORD , for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the LORD , saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'

1 Samuel 26:21

21 Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight this day. Behold, I have played the fool and have committed a serious error."

1 Samuel 26:25

25 Then Saul said to David, "Blessed are you, my son David; you will both accomplish much and surely prevail." So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

1 Samuel 27:1

1 Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand."

1 Samuel 27:5

5 Then David said to Achish, "If now I have found favor in your sight, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?"

1 Samuel 27:10

10 Now Achish said, "Where have you made a raid today?" And David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites."

1 Samuel 27:11

11 David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'So has David done and so has been his practice all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.' "

1 Samuel 27:12

12 So Achish believed David, saying, "He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever."

1 Samuel 28:1

1 Now it came about in those days that the Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the camp, you and your men."

1 Samuel 28:2

2 David said to Achish, "Very well, you shall know what your servant can do." So Achish said to David, "Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life ."

1 Samuel 28:7

7 Then Saul said to his servants, "Seek 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 woman who is a medium at En-dor."

1 Samuel 28:8

8 Then Saul disguised himself by putting on other clothes, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, "Conjure up for me, please, and bring up for me whom I shall name to you."

1 Samuel 28:9

9 But the woman said to him, "Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who are mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you then laying a snare for my life to bring about my death?"

1 Samuel 28:10

10 Saul vowed to her by the LORD , saying, "As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing."

1 Samuel 28:11

11 Then the woman said, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" And he said, "Bring up Samuel for me."

1 Samuel 28:12

12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul."

1 Samuel 28:13

13 The king said to her, "Do not be afraid; but what do you see?" And the woman said to Saul, "I see a divine being coming up out of the earth."

1 Samuel 28:14

14 He said to her, "What is his form?" And she said, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe." And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage.

1 Samuel 28:15

15 Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul answered, "I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do."

1 Samuel 28:16

16 Samuel said, "Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has departed from you and has become your adversary?

1 Samuel 28:21

21 The woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified, and said to him, "Behold, your maidservant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.

1 Samuel 28:23

23 But he refused and said, "I will not eat." However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them. So he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.

1 Samuel 29:3

3 Then 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 the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him from the day he deserted to me to this day?"

1 Samuel 29:4

4 But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man go back, that he may return to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may become an adversary to us. For with what could this man make himself acceptable to his lord ? Would it not be with the heads of these men?

1 Samuel 29:5

5 "Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands '?"

1 Samuel 29:6

6 Then Achish called David and said to him, "As the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army are pleasing in my sight; for I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the lords.

1 Samuel 29:8

8 David said to Achish, "But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"

1 Samuel 29:9

9 But Achish replied to David, "I know that you are pleasing in my sight, like an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us to the battle.'

1 Samuel 30:6

6 Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

1 Samuel 30:7

7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Please bring me the ephod." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

1 Samuel 30:8

8 David inquired of the LORD , saying, "Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?" And He said to him, "Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all."

1 Samuel 30:13

13 David said to him, "To whom do you belong? And where are you from?" And he said, "I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago.

1 Samuel 30:15

15 Then David said to him, "Will you bring 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 bring you down to this band."

1 Samuel 30:20

20 So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, "This is David's spoil."

1 Samuel 30:22

22 Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who went with David said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart."

1 Samuel 30:23

23 Then David said, "You must not do so, my brothers, with what the LORD has given us, who has kept us and delivered into our hand the band that came against us.

1 Samuel 30:26

26 Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, "Behold, a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD :

1 Samuel 31:4

4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me." But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.