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- 1 Samuel 20:41
· BSB · 2 occurrences
When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
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- 1 Samuel 20:42
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And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
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- 1 Samuel 21:1
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Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
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Source alternate reference: 21.2
- 1 Samuel 21:2
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“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
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Source alternate reference: 21.3
- 1 Samuel 21:4
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“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
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Source alternate reference: 21.5
- 1 Samuel 21:5
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David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
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Source alternate reference: 21.6
- 1 Samuel 21:8
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Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
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Source alternate reference: 21.9
- 1 Samuel 21:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
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Source alternate reference: 21.10
- 1 Samuel 21:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
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Source alternate reference: 21.11
- 1 Samuel 21:11
· BSB · 2 occurrences
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
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Source alternate reference: 21.12
- 1 Samuel 21:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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Source alternate reference: 21.13
- 1 Samuel 22:1
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So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
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- 1 Samuel 22:3
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From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”
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- 1 Samuel 22:4
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So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
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- 1 Samuel 22:5
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Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
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- 1 Samuel 22:6
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Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
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- 1 Samuel 22:14
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Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?
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- 1 Samuel 22:17
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Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 22:20
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But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
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- 1 Samuel 22:21
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And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 22:22
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Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.
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- 1 Samuel 23:1
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Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
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- 1 Samuel 23:2
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So David inquired of the LORD, “Should 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 23:3
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But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
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- 1 Samuel 23:4
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Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
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- 1 Samuel 23:5
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Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
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- 1 Samuel 23:6
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(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)
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- 1 Samuel 23:7
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When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
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- 1 Samuel 23:8
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Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.
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- 1 Samuel 23:9
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When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
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- 1 Samuel 23:10
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And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
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- 1 Samuel 23:12
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So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 23:13
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Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
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- 1 Samuel 23:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
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- 1 Samuel 23:15
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While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
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- 1 Samuel 23:16
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And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
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- 1 Samuel 23:18
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So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
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- 1 Samuel 23:19
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Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
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- 1 Samuel 23:24
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So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
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- 1 Samuel 23:25
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and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
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- 1 Samuel 23:26
· BSB · 3 occurrences
Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
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- 1 Samuel 23:28
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So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
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- 1 Samuel 23:29
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And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
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Source alternate reference: 24.1
- 1 Samuel 24:1
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After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
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Source alternate reference: 24.2
- 1 Samuel 24:2
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So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
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Source alternate reference: 24.3
- 1 Samuel 24:3
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Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
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Source alternate reference: 24.4
- 1 Samuel 24:4
· BSB · 2 occurrences
So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
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Source alternate reference: 24.5
- 1 Samuel 24:5
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Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
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Source alternate reference: 24.6
- 1 Samuel 24:7
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With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
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Source alternate reference: 24.8
- 1 Samuel 24:8
· BSB · 2 occurrences
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
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Source alternate reference: 24.9