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2 Samuel 12:7
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2 Samuel 12:7
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7 Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul;(A)
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2 Samuel 12:7
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2 Samuel 12:7
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7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!(A) This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed(B) you(C) king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
Matthew 14:14
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Matthew 14:14
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14 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them and cured their sick.(A)
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Matthew 14:14
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Matthew 14:14
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2 Samuel 22:1
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2 Samuel 22:1
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David’s Song of Thanksgiving
22 David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.(A)
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2 Samuel 22:1
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2 Samuel 22:1
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David’s Song of Praise(A)
22 David sang(B) to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
1 Samuel 16:13
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1 Samuel 16:13
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13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. Samuel then set out and went to Ramah.(A)
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1 Samuel 16:13
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1 Samuel 16:13
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13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed(A) him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord(B) came powerfully upon David.(C) Samuel then went to Ramah.
1 Kings 20:42
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1 Kings 20:42
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42 Then he said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Because you have let the man go whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall be for his life and your people for his people.”(A)
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1 Kings 20:42
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1 Kings 20:42
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42 He said to the king, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You(A) have set free a man I had determined should die.[a](B) Therefore it is your life for his life,(C) your people for his people.’”
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- 1 Kings 20:42 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
1 Kings 18:18
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1 Kings 18:18
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18 He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father’s house, because you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and followed the Baals.(A)
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1 Kings 18:18
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1 Kings 18:18
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18 “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you(A) and your father’s family have. You have abandoned(B) the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals.
2 Samuel 22:49
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2 Samuel 22:49
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49 who brought me out from my enemies;
you exalted me above my adversaries;
you delivered me from the violent.(A)
2 Samuel 22:49
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2 Samuel 22:49
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2 Samuel 7:8
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2 Samuel 7:8
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8 Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep to be prince over my people Israel,(A)
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2 Samuel 7:8
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2 Samuel 7:8
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1 Samuel 23:26-28
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1 Samuel 23:26-28
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26 Saul went on one side of the mountain and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, while Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.(A) 27 Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.” 28 So Saul stopped pursuing David and went against the Philistines; therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.[a]
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- 23.28 Or Rock of Division; meaning of Heb uncertain
1 Samuel 23:26-28
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1 Samuel 23:26-28
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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]
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- 1 Samuel 23:28 Sela Hammahlekoth means rock of parting.
1 Samuel 23:14
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1 Samuel 23:14
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14 David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but the Lord[a] did not give him into his hand.(A)
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- 23.14 Q ms Gk: MT God
1 Samuel 23:14
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1 Samuel 23:14
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14 David stayed in the wilderness(A) strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph.(B) Day after day Saul searched(C) for him, but God did not(D) give David into his hands.
1 Samuel 23:7
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1 Samuel 23:7
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7 Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has given[a] him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”
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- 23.7 Gk Tg: Heb made a stranger of
1 Samuel 23:7
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1 Samuel 23:7
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Saul Pursues David
7 Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, “God has delivered him into my hands,(A) for David has imprisoned himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”(B)
1 Samuel 19:10-15
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1 Samuel 19:10-15
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10 Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. David fled and escaped that night.(A)
11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch over him, planning to kill him in the morning. David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.” 12 So Michal let David down through the window; he fled away and escaped.(B) 13 Michal took an idol[a] and laid it on the bed; she put a net[b] of goats’ hair on its head and covered it with the clothes. 14 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”(C) 15 Then Saul sent the messengers to see David for themselves. He said, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
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1 Samuel 19:10-15
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1 Samuel 19:10-15
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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.” 12 So Michal let David down through a window,(D) and he fled and escaped. 13 Then Michal took an idol(E) and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats’ hair at the head.
14 When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said,(F) “He is ill.”
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 18:21
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1 Samuel 18:21
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21 Saul thought, “Let me give her to him that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time,[a] “You shall now be my son-in-law.”(A)
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- 18.21 Heb by two
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.”
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