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- 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
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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
- 1 Samuel 24:9
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and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
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Source alternate reference: 24.10
- 1 Samuel 24:16
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When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud
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Source alternate reference: 24.17
- 1 Samuel 24:22
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So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
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Source alternate reference: 24.23
- 1 Samuel 25:44
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But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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- 1 Samuel 26:1
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Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
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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 26:3
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Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
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- 1 Samuel 26:4
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David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
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- 1 Samuel 26:5
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Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
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- 1 Samuel 26:6
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And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
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- 1 Samuel 26:7
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That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
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- 1 Samuel 26:12
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So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
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- 1 Samuel 26:17
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Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.
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- 1 Samuel 26:21
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Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
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- 1 Samuel 26:25
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Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
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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 27:4
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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 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 28:4
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The Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
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- 1 Samuel 28:5
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When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
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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 28:7
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Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
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- 1 Samuel 28:8
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So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
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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 28:10
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Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”
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- 1 Samuel 28:12
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But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”
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- 1 Samuel 28:13
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“Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
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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 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 28:20
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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 28:21
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When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
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- 1 Samuel 28:25
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She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.
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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 29:5
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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 31:2
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The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
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- 1 Samuel 31:3
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When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
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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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- 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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- 1 Samuel 31:8
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The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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- 1 Samuel 31:11
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When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
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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 1:1
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After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
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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 1:4
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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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