1 Samuel 18:20

18:20 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul about this, it pleased him.

1 Samuel 18:2

18:2 Saul retained David on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.

1 Samuel 3:1-2

The Call of Samuel

3:1 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

3:2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

1 Samuel 30:4

30:4 Then David and the men who were with him wept loudly until they could weep no more.

Esther 8:5

8:5 She said, “If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king’s provinces.