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- 1 Samuel 9:5
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When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:6
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“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:10
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“Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.
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- 1 Samuel 9:17
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When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:19
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“I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.
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- 1 Samuel 9:23
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And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”
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- 1 Samuel 10:2
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When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
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- 1 Samuel 10:5
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After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
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- 1 Samuel 10:7
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When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
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- 1 Samuel 10:8
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And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
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- 1 Samuel 10:16
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And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
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- 1 Samuel 10:19
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But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
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- 1 Samuel 10:24
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Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
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- 1 Samuel 10:26
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Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
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- 1 Samuel 11:7
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He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
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- 1 Samuel 12:1
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Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
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- 1 Samuel 12:6
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Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
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- 1 Samuel 12:7
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Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
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- 1 Samuel 12:8
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When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
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- 1 Samuel 12:13
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Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.
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- 1 Samuel 12:14
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If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
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- 1 Samuel 12:16
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Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.
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- 1 Samuel 12:17
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Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:21
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Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
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- 1 Samuel 12:24
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Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
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- 1 Samuel 13:3
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Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
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- 1 Samuel 13:5
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Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
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- 1 Samuel 13:8
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And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
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- 1 Samuel 13:13
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“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
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- 1 Samuel 13:14
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But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
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- 1 Samuel 13:22
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So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
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- 1 Samuel 14:1
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One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
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- 1 Samuel 14:2
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Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
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- 1 Samuel 14:4
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Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
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- 1 Samuel 14:7
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His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
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- 1 Samuel 14:11
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So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”
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- 1 Samuel 14:14
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In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men in about half an acre of land.
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- 1 Samuel 14:17
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Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
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- 1 Samuel 14:19
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While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
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- 1 Samuel 14:20
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Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
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- 1 Samuel 14:21
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And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps to join the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
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- 1 Samuel 14:24
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Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
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- 1 Samuel 14:27
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Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
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- 1 Samuel 14:28
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Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
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- 1 Samuel 14:30
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How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
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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 14:45
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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 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 15:3
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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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