2 Samuel 12:7
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7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I (A)anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
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Matthew 14:14
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14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He (A)was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.
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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 midst of his brothers; and (A)the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
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1 Kings 20:42
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42 Then he said to him, “Thus says the Lord: (A)‘Because you have let slip out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”
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1 Kings 18:18
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18 And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, (A)in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and have followed the Baals.
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2 Samuel 22:49
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49 He delivers me from my enemies.
You also lift me up above those who rise against me;
You have delivered me from the (A)violent man.
2 Samuel 22:1
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Praise for God’s Deliverance(A)
22 Then David (B)spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had (C)delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
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2 Samuel 7:8
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8 Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.
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1 Samuel 23:26-28
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26 Then Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. (A)So David made haste to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men (B)were encircling David and his men to take them.
27 (C)But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have invaded the land!” 28 Therefore Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines; so they called that place [a]the Rock of Escape.
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- 1 Samuel 23:28 Heb. Sela Hammahlekoth
1 Samuel 23:14
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David in Wilderness Strongholds
14 And David stayed in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained in (A)the mountains in the Wilderness of (B)Ziph. Saul (C)sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.
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1 Samuel 23:7
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7 And Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah. So Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”
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1 Samuel 19:10-15
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10 Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.
11 (A)Saul also sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.” 12 So Michal (B)let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped. 13 And Michal took [a]an image and laid it in the bed, put a cover of goats’ hair for his head, and covered it with clothes. 14 So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
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- 1 Samuel 19:13 household idols, Heb. teraphim
1 Samuel 18:21
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21 So Saul said, “I will give her to him, that she may [a]be a snare to him, and that (A)the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, (B)“You shall be my son-in-law today.”
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- 1 Samuel 18:21 be bait for
1 Samuel 18:11
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11 And Saul (A)cast the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” But David escaped his presence twice.
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1 Samuel 15:17
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17 So Samuel said, (A)“When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel?
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1 Samuel 13:13
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13 And Samuel said to Saul, (A)“You have done foolishly. (B)You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
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Psalm 18:1
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God the Sovereign Savior(A)
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David (B)the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of (C)this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:
18 I (D)will love You, O Lord, my strength.
1 Kings 21:19-20
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19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: (A)“In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”
20 So Ahab said to Elijah, (B)“Have you found me, O my enemy?”
And he answered, “I have found you, because (C)you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord:
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