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highlighted 1 Samuel 24:6 NLT
He said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this to my lord the king. I shouldn’t attack the LORD’s anointed one, for the LORD himself has chosen him.”
Mar 7
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highlighted 1 Samuel 24:5 NLT
But then David’s conscience began bothering him because he had cut Saul’s robe.
Mar 7
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highlighted 1 Samuel 24:4 NLT
“Now’s your opportunity!” David’s men whispered to him. “Today the LORD is telling you, ‘I will certainly put your enemy into your power, to do with as you wish.’” So David crept forward and cut off a piece of the hem of Saul’s robe.
Mar 7
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highlighted 1 Samuel 24:2 NLT
So Saul chose 3,000 elite troops from all Israel and went to search for David and his men near the rocks of the wild goats.
Mar 7
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highlighted 1 Samuel 24:1 NLT
After Saul returned from fighting the Philistines, he was told that David had gone into the wilderness of En-gedi.
Mar 7
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highlighted 1 Samuel 24:3 NLT
At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding farther back in that very cave!
Mar 7
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:29 NLT
David then went to live in the strongholds of En-gedi.
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:28 NLT
So Saul quit chasing David and returned to fight the Philistines. Ever since that time, the place where David was camped has been called the Rock of Escape.
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:26 NLT
Saul and David were now on opposite sides of a mountain. Just as Saul and his men began to close in on David and his men,
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:22-23 NLT
Go and check again to be sure of where he is staying and who has seen him there, for I know that he is very crafty. Discover his hiding places, and come back when you are sure. Then I’ll go with you. And if he is in the area at all, I’ll track him down, even if I have to search every hiding place in Judah!”
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:21 NLT
“The LORD bless you,” Saul said. “At last someone is concerned about me!
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:20 NLT
Come down whenever you’re ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!”
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:19 NLT
But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. “We know where David is hiding,” they said. “He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:17 NLT
“Don’t be afraid,” Jonathan reassured him. “My father will never find you! You are going to be the king of Israel, and I will be next to you, as my father, Saul, is well aware.”
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:15 NLT
One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:14 NLT
David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn’t let Saul find him.
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:13 NLT
So David and his men—about 600 of them now—left Keilah and began roaming the countryside. Word soon reached Saul that David had escaped, so he didn’t go to Keilah after all.
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:12 NLT
Again David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah betray me and my men to Saul?” And the LORD replied, “Yes, they will betray you.”
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:11 NLT
Will the leaders of Keilah betray me to him? And will Saul actually come as I have heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell me.” And the LORD said, “He will come.”
Mar 6
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:10 NLT
Then David prayed, “O LORD, God of Israel, I have heard that Saul is planning to come and destroy Keilah because I am here.
Mar 6