25Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Maon. 2A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand go...
24After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, David is in the Desert of En Gedi. 2So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 3He came to the s...
23When David was told, Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors, 2he inquired of the Lord , saying, Shall I go and attack these Philistines? The Lord answered him, Go, attack the Philistines and save Keil...
22David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there. 2All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader...
21David went to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he met him, and asked, Why are you alone? Why is no one with you? 2David answered Ahimelech the priest, The king charged me with a certain matter and said to me, 'No one is to know...
20Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father, that he is trying to take my life? 2Never! Jonathan replied. You are not going to die! Look, my father doesn't...
19Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan was very fond of David 2and warned him, My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there. 3I will go o...
18After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself. 2From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father's house. 3And Jonathan made a covenant with David be...
17Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Socoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah. 2Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to mee...
16The Lord said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king. 2But Samuel said...
15Samuel said to Saul, I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord . 2This is what the Lord Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylai...
14One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, Come, let's go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side. But he did not tell his father. 2Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron....
13Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty- two years. 2Saul chose three thousand men from Israel; two thousand were with him at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gi...
12Samuel said to all Israel, I have listened to everything you said to me and have set a king over you. 2Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this...
11Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to him, Make a treaty with us, and we will be subject to you. 2But Nahash the Ammonite replied, I will make a treaty with you only on the condition that I gouge...
