She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured.”

But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position.

and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord as well; the ark of God was also there.

Then the Lord again appeared in Shiloh, for it was in Shiloh that the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel through the word of the Lord.

So the Israelites removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the Lord.

But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord.

Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin looked on as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another.

Then Saul built an altar for the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar for the Lord.

When Saul and all the Israelites heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.

Saul removed David from his presence and made him a commanding officer. David led the army out to battle and back.

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

When Saul’s servants reported what David had said,

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

Jonathan replied to David, “Tell me what I can do for you.”

So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, “He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant.”

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.