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- 1 Samuel 4:17
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The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
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- 1 Samuel 4:18
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As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
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- 1 Samuel 4:19
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Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
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- 1 Samuel 4:20
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As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
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- 1 Samuel 5:10
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So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
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- 1 Samuel 5:11
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Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
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- 1 Samuel 5:12
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Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
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- 1 Samuel 11:12
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Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
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- 1 Samuel 11:13
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But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:19
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They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
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- 1 Samuel 14:13
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So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.
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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 14:43
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“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”
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- 1 Samuel 14:44
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And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
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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 15:3
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Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
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- 1 Samuel 17:35
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I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
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- 1 Samuel 17:50
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Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
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- 1 Samuel 17:51
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David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
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- 1 Samuel 19:1
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Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
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- 1 Samuel 19:2
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so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
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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 19:6
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Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
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- 1 Samuel 19:11
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Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
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- 1 Samuel 19:15
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But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
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- 1 Samuel 19:17
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And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
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- 1 Samuel 20:2
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“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”
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- 1 Samuel 20:8
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Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”
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- 1 Samuel 20:14
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And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
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- 1 Samuel 20:32
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“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
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- 1 Samuel 20:33
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Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
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- 1 Samuel 22:16
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But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s 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 22:18
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So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
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- 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 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 25:37
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In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.
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- 1 Samuel 25:38
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About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
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- 1 Samuel 25:39
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On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
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- 1 Samuel 26:10
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David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
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- 1 Samuel 28:3
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Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
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- 1 Samuel 28:9
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But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”
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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 30:15
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“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
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- 1 Samuel 31:5
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When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
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- 1 Samuel 31:6
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So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
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- 1 Samuel 31:7
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When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
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- 2 Samuel 1:4
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“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
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- 2 Samuel 1:5
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Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
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- 2 Samuel 1:9
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Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
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