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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 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 24:19
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When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
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Source alternate reference: 24.20
- 1 Samuel 25:2
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Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
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- 1 Samuel 25:3
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His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
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- 1 Samuel 25:10
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But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
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- 1 Samuel 25:13
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And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
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- 1 Samuel 25:19
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and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
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- 1 Samuel 25:25
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My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
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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 26:23
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May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
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- 1 Samuel 27:2
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So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
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- 1 Samuel 27:3
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David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
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- 1 Samuel 27:9
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Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
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- 1 Samuel 27:11
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David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
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- 1 Samuel 28:14
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“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
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- 1 Samuel 29:4
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But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
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- 1 Samuel 30:2
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They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
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- 1 Samuel 30:6
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And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
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- 1 Samuel 30:9
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So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
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- 1 Samuel 30:10
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because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
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- 1 Samuel 30:11
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Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
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- 1 Samuel 30:13
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Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
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- 1 Samuel 30:17
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And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
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- 1 Samuel 30:22
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but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
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- 1 Samuel 31:12
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all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
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- 2 Samuel 1:2
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On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
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- 2 Samuel 1:13
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And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
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- 2 Samuel 2:3
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David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.
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- 2 Samuel 2:16
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Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.
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- 2 Samuel 2:27
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“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
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- 2 Samuel 2:30
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When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
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- 2 Samuel 2:31
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but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.
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- 2 Samuel 3:15
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So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.
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- 2 Samuel 3:16
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Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
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- 2 Samuel 4:11
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How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
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- 2 Samuel 6:19
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Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.
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- 2 Samuel 8:4
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David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
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- 2 Samuel 8:5
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When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
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- 2 Samuel 8:10
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he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
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- 2 Samuel 9:3
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So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
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- 2 Samuel 10:6
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When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
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- 2 Samuel 10:8
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The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.
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- 2 Samuel 11:26
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When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
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- 2 Samuel 12:4
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Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”
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- 2 Samuel 12:5
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David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
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- 2 Samuel 12:7
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Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
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- 2 Samuel 13:3
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Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
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- 2 Samuel 13:9
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Then she brought the pan and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone away!” said Amnon. And everyone went out.
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