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1. 1 Samuel 16:22 שָׁא֔וּל

   Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”

2. 1 Samuel 16:23 שָׁא֔וּללְשָׁאוּל֙

   And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.

3. 1 Samuel 17:2 וְשָׁא֤וּל

   Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.

4. 1 Samuel 17:8 לְשָׁא֔וּל

   And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.

5. 1 Samuel 17:11 שָׁאוּל֙

   On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.

6. 1 Samuel 17:12 שָׁא֔וּל

   Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.

7. 1 Samuel 17:13 שָׁא֖וּל

   The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

8. 1 Samuel 17:14 שָׁאֽוּל׃ס

   And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,

9. 1 Samuel 17:15 שָׁא֑וּל

   but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

10. 1 Samuel 17:19 וְשָׁא֤וּל

    They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”

11. 1 Samuel 17:31 שָׁא֖וּל

    Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.

12. 1 Samuel 17:32 שָׁא֔וּל

    And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”

13. 1 Samuel 17:33 שָׁא֜וּל

    But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

14. 1 Samuel 17:34 שָׁא֔וּל

    David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

15. 1 Samuel 17:37 שָׁא֤וּל

    David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”

16. 1 Samuel 17:38 שָׁא֤וּל

    Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.

17. 1 Samuel 17:39 שָׁא֗וּל

    David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.

18. 1 Samuel 17:55 שָׁא֜וּל

    As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”

19. 1 Samuel 17:57 שָׁא֑וּל

    So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

20. 1 Samuel 17:58 שָׁא֔וּל

    “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.

21. 1 Samuel 18:1 שָׁא֔וּל

    After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

22. 1 Samuel 18:2 שָׁא֖וּל

    And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.

23. 1 Samuel 18:5 שָׁאוּל֙שָׁא֔וּלשָׁאֽוּל׃פ

    So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.

24. 1 Samuel 18:6 שָׁא֣וּל

    As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

25. 1 Samuel 18:7 שָׁאוּל֙

    And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

26. 1 Samuel 18:8 לְשָׁא֜וּל

    And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

27. 1 Samuel 18:9 שָׁא֖וּל

    And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

28. 1 Samuel 18:10 שָׁאוּל֙שָׁאֽוּל׃

    The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,

29. 1 Samuel 18:11 שָׁאוּל֙

    and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.

30. 1 Samuel 18:12 שָׁא֖וּלשָׁא֖וּל

    So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

31. 1 Samuel 18:13 שָׁאוּל֙

    Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,

32. 1 Samuel 18:15 שָׁא֔וּל

    When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

33. 1 Samuel 18:17 שָׁא֜וּלוְשָׁא֣וּל

    Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

34. 1 Samuel 18:18 שָׁא֗וּל

    And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”

35. 1 Samuel 18:19 שָׁא֖וּל

    So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

36. 1 Samuel 18:20 שָׁא֖וּללְשָׁא֔וּל

    Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

37. 1 Samuel 18:21 שָׁא֜וּלשָׁאוּל֙

    “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

38. 1 Samuel 18:22 שָׁא֜וּל

    Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”

39. 1 Samuel 18:23 שָׁאוּל֙

    But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”

40. 1 Samuel 18:24 שָׁא֛וּל

    And the servants told Saul what David had said.

41. 1 Samuel 18:25 שָׁא֜וּלוְשָׁא֣וּל

    Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

42. 1 Samuel 18:27 שָׁא֛וּל

    David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.

43. 1 Samuel 18:28 שָׁאוּל֙שָׁא֖וּל

    When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

44. 1 Samuel 18:29 שָׁא֗וּלשָׁא֛וּל

    he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.

45. 1 Samuel 18:30 שָׁא֔וּל

    Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.

46. 1 Samuel 19:1 שָׁא֗וּלשָׁא֔וּל

    Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

47. 1 Samuel 19:2 שָׁא֥וּל

    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.

48. 1 Samuel 19:4 שָׁא֖וּל

    Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

49. 1 Samuel 19:6 שָׁא֖וּלשָׁא֔וּל

    Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

50. 1 Samuel 19:7 שָׁא֔וּל

    So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.