22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
1 Samuel 16:22
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1 After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself. 2 And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with D…
1 Samuel 18:21–23
21 “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.” 22 Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privatel…
1 Samuel 26:24–25
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1 Samuel 17:30–32
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1 Samuel 19:6–8
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1 Samuel 16:16–18
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1 Samuel 28:1–3
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1 Samuel 18:25–27
25 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. 26 When the servants reported these terms to David, he was plea…
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