However, Saul said nothing about it that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to make him ceremonially unclean. Yes, he must be unclean.”

In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you in that day.”

So Jesse had him brought in. Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him. This is the one!”

She was very upset as she prayed to the Lord, and she was weeping uncontrollably.

The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul,

David replied, “What have I done now? Can’t I say anything?”

When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him.

He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay there naked all that day and night. (For that reason it is asked, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”)

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,

So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven.

On that day the army struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, and they became very tired.

The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.”

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

So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.

But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.

When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, “He’s sick.”

She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.

From that time onward it was a binding ordinance for Israel, right up to the present time.

and Hebron; and for those in whatever other places David and his men had traveled.