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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 27:4
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And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
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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 28:6
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He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
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- 1 Samuel 28:15
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Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
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- 1 Samuel 28:18
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Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
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- 1 Samuel 28:20
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Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
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- 1 Samuel 28:23
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Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
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- 1 Samuel 29:3
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Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
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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 29:5
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Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
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- 1 Samuel 29:6
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So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
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- 1 Samuel 29:7
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Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
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- 1 Samuel 29:8
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“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
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- 1 Samuel 29:9
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Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
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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 30:12
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a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
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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 30:19
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Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
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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 30:23
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But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
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- 1 Samuel 31:4
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Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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- 2 Samuel 1:10
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So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
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- 2 Samuel 1:14
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So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
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- 2 Samuel 1:22
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From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
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- 2 Samuel 1:23
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Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
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- 2 Samuel 2:19
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and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
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- 2 Samuel 2:21
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So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
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- 2 Samuel 2:26
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Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
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- 2 Samuel 2:28
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So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
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- 2 Samuel 3:8
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Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
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- 2 Samuel 3:11
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And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.
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- 2 Samuel 3:13
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“Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”
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- 2 Samuel 3:26
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As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.
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- 2 Samuel 3:34
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Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
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- 2 Samuel 3:37
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So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
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- 2 Samuel 3:38
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Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
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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 5:6
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Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
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- 2 Samuel 5:8
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On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
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- 2 Samuel 5:23
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So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
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- 2 Samuel 6:10
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So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
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- 2 Samuel 6:23
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And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
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- 2 Samuel 7:6
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For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
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- 2 Samuel 7:7
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In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
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- 2 Samuel 7:10
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And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
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- 2 Samuel 7:15
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But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
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- 2 Samuel 10:3
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the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
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- 2 Samuel 11:3
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So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
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