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1 Samuel 27-29 - David Flees to the Philistines

David Flees to the Philistines 1 Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape in...

1 Samuel 25 & 26 - Samuel's Death; David Again Spares Saul

Samuel's Death 1Then Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. And David arose and went down t...

1Samuel 23 & 24 - Saul Pursues David; David Spares Saul's Life

David Delivers Keilah 1 Then they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors." 2 So Dav...

1 Samuel 20-22 - David and Jonathan Covenant

David and Jonathan Covenant 1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin...

1 Samuel 18 & 19 - Jonathan and David; Saul Turns against David; David Protected from Saul

Jonathan and David 1 Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him...

1 Samuel 17 - Goliath's Challenge; David Kills Goliath

Goliath's Challenge 1 Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between S...

1 Samuel 15 & 16 - Saul's Disobedience; Samuel Rebukes Saul; David Anointed

Saul's Disobedience 1 Then Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of t...

1 Samuel 13 & 14 - War with the Philistines

War with the Philistines 1 Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty two years over Israel. 2 Now Saul chose for himself 3,000 m...

1 Samuel 10-12 - Saul Publicly Chosen King

Saul among Prophets 1 Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you a ruler over His inherita...

1 Samuel 7-9 - Deliverance from the Philistines; Israel Demands a King; God's Choice for King

Deliverance from the Philistines 1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the LORD and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and...

1 Samuel 4-6 - Capture of the Ark Provokes God; The Ark Returned to Israel

Philistines Take the Ark in Victory 1 Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside Ebe...

1 Samuel 1-3 - Samuel Is Born to Hannah; Samuel before the LORD as a Boy; God Calls Samuel

Elkanah and His Wives 1 Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the ...

Ruth 3 & 4 - Boaz Will Redeem Ruth; The Marriage of Ruth; The Line of David Began Here

Boaz Will Redeem Ruth 1 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be well with you? 2 Now is not...

Ruth 1 & 2 - Naomi Widowed; Ruth's Loyalty

Naomi Widowed 1 Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to ...

Judges 20 & 21 - Resolve to Punish the Guilty; Civil War, Benjamin Defeated; Mourning Lost Tribe

Resolve to Punish the Guilty 1 Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as o...

Judges 17-19 - Micah's Idolatry; Danites Seek Territory; A Levite's Concubine Degraded

Micah's Idolatry 1 Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver whi...

Judges 14-16 - Samson's Marriage;Samson Burns Philistine Crops; Samson's Weakness

Samson's Marriage 1 Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 So he came back and told his father...

Judges 11-13 - Jephthah the Ninth Judge; Jephthah's Tragic Vow

Jephthah the Ninth Judge 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead was the father of Jephthah. 2 Gilead'...

Judges 9 & 10 - Abimelech's Conspiracy; Oppression of Philistines and Ammonites

Abimelech's Conspiracy 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's relatives, and spoke to them and to the whole clan of the househo...

Judges 7 & 8 - Gideon's 300 Chosen Men

Gideon's 300 Chosen Men 1 Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him, rose early and camped beside the spring of Harod; and the ca...