1 Samuel 26:4   (Read all of 1 Samuel 26)

he sent out scouts and learned that Saul had definitely arrived.

1 Samuel 26:5   (Read all of 1 Samuel 26)

Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of the army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the camp, with the army encamped around him.

1 Samuel 26:6   (Read all of 1 Samuel 26)

David then asked Ahimelek the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down into the camp with me to Saul?" "I'll go with you," said Abishai.

1 Samuel 26:7   (Read all of 1 Samuel 26)

So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him.

1 Samuel 26:12   (Read all of 1 Samuel 26)

So David took the spear and water jug near Saul's head, and they left. No one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up. They were all sleeping, because the Lord had put them into a deep sleep.

1 Samuel 26:17   (Read all of 1 Samuel 26)

Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is that your voice, David my son?" David replied, "Yes it is, my lord the king."

1 Samuel 26:21   (Read all of 1 Samuel 26)

Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Come back, David my son. Because you considered my life precious today, I will not try to harm you again. Surely I have acted like a fool and have been terribly wrong."

1 Samuel 26:25   (Read all of 1 Samuel 26)

Then Saul said to David, "May you be blessed, David my son; you will do great things and surely triumph." So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.

1 Samuel 27:1   (Read all of 1 Samuel 27)

But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."

1 Samuel 27:4   (Read all of 1 Samuel 27)

When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

1 Samuel 28:3   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land.

1 Samuel 28:4   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

The Philistines assembled and came and set up camp at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and set up camp at Gilboa.

1 Samuel 28:5   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filled his heart.

1 Samuel 28:7   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

Saul then said to his attendants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her." "There is one in Endor," they said.

1 Samuel 28:8   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. "Consult a spirit for me," he said, "and bring up for me the one I name."

1 Samuel 28:9   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

But the woman said to him, "Surely you know what Saul has done. He has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why have you set a trap for my life to bring about my death?"

1 Samuel 28:10   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

Saul swore to her by the Lord, "As surely as the Lord lives, you will not be punished for this."

1 Samuel 28:12   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!"

1 Samuel 28:14   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

"What does he look like?" he asked. "An old man wearing a robe is coming up," she said. Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.

1 Samuel 28:15   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" "I am in great distress," Saul said. "The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has departed from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do."

1 Samuel 28:20   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

Immediately Saul fell full length on the ground, filled with fear because of Samuel's words. His strength was gone, for he had eaten nothing all that day and all that night.

1 Samuel 28:21   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

When the woman came to Saul and saw that he was greatly shaken, she said, "Look, your servant has obeyed you. I took my life in my hands and did what you told me to do.

1 Samuel 28:25   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

Then she set it before Saul and his men, and they ate. That same night they got up and left.

1 Samuel 29:3   (Read all of 1 Samuel 29)

The commanders of the Philistines asked, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish replied, "Is this not David, who was an officer of Saul king of Israel? He has already been with me for over a year, and from the day he left Saul until now, I have found no fault in him."