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So David escaped and went to Ramah to see Samuel, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. Then Samuel took David with him to live at Naioth.

Mar 6

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:17 NLT

“Why have you betrayed me like this and let my enemy escape?” Saul demanded of Michal. “I had to,” Michal replied. “He threatened to kill me if I didn’t help him.”

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:16 NLT

But when they came to carry David out, they discovered that it was only an idol in the bed with a cushion of goat’s hair at its head.

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:15 NLT

But Saul sent the troops back to get David. He ordered, “Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him!”

Mar 6

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:12 NLT

So she helped him climb out through a window, and he fled and escaped.

Mar 6

Then Saul sent troops to watch David’s house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead by morning.”

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:10 NLT

Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night.

Mar 6

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:9 NLT

But one day when Saul was sitting at home, with spear in hand, the tormenting spirit from the LORD suddenly came upon him again. As David played his harp,

Mar 6

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:8 NLT

War broke out again after that, and David led his troops against the Philistines. He attacked them with such fury that they all ran away.

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:7 NLT

Afterward Jonathan called David and told him what had happened. Then he brought David to Saul, and David served in the court as before.

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:6 NLT

So Saul listened to Jonathan and vowed, “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be killed.”

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:2 NLT

told him what his father was planning. “Tomorrow morning,” he warned him, “you must find a hiding place out in the fields.

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highlighted 1 Samuel 19:1 NLT

Saul now urged his servants and his son Jonathan to assassinate David. But Jonathan, because of his strong affection for David,

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highlighted 1 Samuel 18:30 NLT

Every time the commanders of the Philistines attacked, David was more successful against them than all the rest of Saul’s officers. So David’s name became very famous.

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highlighted 1 Samuel 18:29 NLT

Saul became even more afraid of him, and he remained David’s enemy for the rest of his life.

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highlighted 1 Samuel 18:28 NLT

When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and how much his daughter Michal loved him,

Mar 6

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highlighted 1 Samuel 18:27 NLT

he and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. Then David fulfilled the king’s requirement by presenting all their foreskins to him. So Saul gave his daughter Michal to David to be his wife.

Mar 6

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highlighted 1 Samuel 18:26 NLT

David was delighted to accept the offer. Before the time limit expired,

Mar 6

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highlighted 1 Samuel 18:24-25 NLT

When Saul’s men reported this back to the king, he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.

Mar 6

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highlighted 1 Samuel 18:23 NLT

When Saul’s men said these things to David, he replied, “How can a poor man from a humble family afford the bride price for the daughter of a king?”

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