1 Samuel 29:4   (Read all of 1 Samuel 29)

But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, "Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master's favor than by taking the heads of our own men?

1 Samuel 29:6   (Read all of 1 Samuel 29)

So Achish called David and said to him, "As surely as the Lord lives, you have been reliable, and I would be pleased to have you serve with me in the army. From the day you came to me until today, I have found no fault in you, but the rulers don't approve of you.

1 Samuel 29:8   (Read all of 1 Samuel 29)

"But what have I done?" asked David. "What have you found against your servant from the day I came to you until now? Why can't I go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"

1 Samuel 29:9   (Read all of 1 Samuel 29)

Achish answered, "I know that you have been as pleasing in my eyes as an angel of God; nevertheless, the Philistine commanders have said, 'He must not go up with us into battle.'

1 Samuel 29:10   (Read all of 1 Samuel 29)

Now get up early, along with your master's servants who have come with you, and leave in the morning as soon as it is light."

1 Samuel 30:2   (Read all of 1 Samuel 30)

and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.

1 Samuel 30:8   (Read all of 1 Samuel 30)

and David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?" "Pursue them," he answered. "You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue."

1 Samuel 30:13   (Read all of 1 Samuel 30)

David asked him, "Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?" He said, "I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill three days ago.

1 Samuel 30:15   (Read all of 1 Samuel 30)

David asked him, "Can you lead me down to this raiding party?" He answered, "Swear to me before God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to them."

1 Samuel 30:17   (Read all of 1 Samuel 30)

David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.

1 Samuel 30:19   (Read all of 1 Samuel 30)

Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

1 Samuel 30:23   (Read all of 1 Samuel 30)

David replied, "No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.

1 Samuel 30:24   (Read all of 1 Samuel 30)

Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike."

1 Samuel 30:26   (Read all of 1 Samuel 30)

When David reached Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, who were his friends, saying, "Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the Lord's enemies."

1 Samuel 31:4   (Read all of 1 Samuel 31)

Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me." But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

2 Samuel 1:3   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

"Where have you come from?" David asked him. He answered, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp."

2 Samuel 1:5   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"

2 Samuel 1:6   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

"I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.

2 Samuel 1:8   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

"He asked me, 'Who are you?' " 'An Amalekite,' I answered.

2 Samuel 1:13   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite," he answered.

2 Samuel 1:14   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

David asked him, "Why weren't you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?"

2 Samuel 1:16   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the Lord's anointed.' "

2 Samuel 1:19   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

"A gazelle lies slain on your heights, Israel. How the mighty have fallen!

2 Samuel 1:21   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

"Mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields.For there the shield of the mighty was despised, the shield of Saul-no longer rubbed with oil.