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1 Samuel 18:11
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1 Samuel 18:11
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11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
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1 Samuel 18:11
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1 Samuel 18:11
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11 and he hurled it, saying to himself,(A) “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded(B) him twice.(C)
1 Samuel 18:17
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1 Samuel 18:17
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17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
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1 Samuel 18:17
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1 Samuel 18:17
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17 Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter(A) Merab. I will give her to you in marriage;(B) only serve me bravely and fight the battles(C) of the Lord.” For Saul said to himself,(D) “I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!”
1 Samuel 18:21
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1 Samuel 18:21
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21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
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1 Samuel 18:21
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1 Samuel 18:21
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21 “I will give her to him,” he thought, “so that she may be a snare(A) to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law.”
1 Samuel 19:1
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1 Samuel 19:1
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19 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
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1 Samuel 19:1
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1 Samuel 19:1
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Saul Tries to Kill David
19 Saul told his son Jonathan(A) and all the attendants to kill(B) David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David
1 Samuel 19:10-11
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1 Samuel 19:10-11
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10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
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1 Samuel 19:10-11
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1 Samuel 19:10-11
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10 Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded(A) him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.
11 Saul sent men to David’s house to watch(B) it and to kill him in the morning.(C) But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you’ll be killed.”
1 Samuel 19:15
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1 Samuel 19:15
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15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
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1 Samuel 19:15
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1 Samuel 19:15
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15 Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him.”
1 Samuel 19:20-22
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1 Samuel 19:20-22
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20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
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1 Samuel 19:20-22
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1 Samuel 19:20-22
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20 so he sent men to capture him. But when they saw a group of prophets(A) prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came on(B) Saul’s men, and they also prophesied.(C) 21 Saul was told about it, and he sent more men, and they prophesied too. Saul sent men a third time, and they also prophesied. 22 Finally, he himself left for Ramah and went to the great cistern at Seku. And he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?”
“Over in Naioth at Ramah,” they said.
1 Samuel 23:15
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1 Samuel 23:15
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15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
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1 Samuel 23:15
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1 Samuel 23:15
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15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that[a] Saul had come out to take his life.(A)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 23:15 Or he was afraid because
1 Samuel 23:26-29
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1 Samuel 23:26-29
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26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
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1 Samuel 23:26-29
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1 Samuel 23:26-29
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26 Saul(A) was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them, 27 a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly! The Philistines are raiding the land.” 28 Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth.[a] 29 And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds(B) of En Gedi.[b](C)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 23:28 Sela Hammahlekoth means rock of parting.
- 1 Samuel 23:29 In Hebrew texts this verse (23:29) is numbered 24:1.
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