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- 1 Samuel 14:39
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As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
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- 1 Samuel 14:40
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Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.
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- 1 Samuel 14:41
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So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.
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- 1 Samuel 14:45
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But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
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- 1 Samuel 14:47
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After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
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- 1 Samuel 14:48
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He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
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- 1 Samuel 15:1
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Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 15:2
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
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- 1 Samuel 15:6
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And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
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- 1 Samuel 15:17
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And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
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- 1 Samuel 15:26
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“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
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- 1 Samuel 15:28
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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.
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- 1 Samuel 15:29
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Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
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- 1 Samuel 15:30
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“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
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- 1 Samuel 15:35
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And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
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- 1 Samuel 16:1
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Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
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- 1 Samuel 17:2
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Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
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- 1 Samuel 17:3
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The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
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- 1 Samuel 17:8
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And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
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- 1 Samuel 17:10
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Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
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- 1 Samuel 17:11
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On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
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- 1 Samuel 17:19
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They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
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- 1 Samuel 17:21
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And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
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- 1 Samuel 17:24
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When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
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- 1 Samuel 17:25
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Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
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- 1 Samuel 17:26
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David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
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- 1 Samuel 17:45
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But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
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- 1 Samuel 17:46
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This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
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- 1 Samuel 17:52
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Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
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- 1 Samuel 17:53
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When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
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- 1 Samuel 18:6
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As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
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- 1 Samuel 18:16
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But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
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- 1 Samuel 18:18
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And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
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- 1 Samuel 19:5
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He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
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- 1 Samuel 20:12
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and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
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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 23:11
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Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 23:17
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saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
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- 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 24:14
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Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
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Source alternate reference: 24.15
- 1 Samuel 24:20
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Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
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Source alternate reference: 24.21
- 1 Samuel 25:1
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When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
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- 1 Samuel 25:30
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When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
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- 1 Samuel 25:32
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Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
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- 1 Samuel 25:34
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Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
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- 1 Samuel 26:2
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So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
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- 1 Samuel 26:15
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So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
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- 1 Samuel 26:20
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So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
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- 1 Samuel 27:1
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David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
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- 1 Samuel 27:12
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So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
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