Jesse said to his son David, “Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly to the camp to your brothers.

I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.

“So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the Lord is about to do in your sight.

Samuel replied, “If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”

The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

Then David said to Abigail, “Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

But Saul swore an oath to her by the Lord, “As surely as the Lord lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!”

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

This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God

Since you did not obey the Lord and did not carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites, the Lord has done this thing to you today.

David said to him, “Can you take us down to this raiding party?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to this raiding party.”

When Eli heard the outcry, he said, “What is this commotion?” The man quickly came and told Eli.

(For this reason, to this very day, neither Dagon’s priests nor anyone else who enters Dagon’s temple step on Dagon’s threshold in Ashdod.)

The residents of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

But Saul said, “No one will be killed on this day. For today the Lord has given Israel a victory!”

Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.

He said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his chosen king is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me.” They said, “He is witness!”

Then Jonathan said, “My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed when I tasted just a little of this honey.

Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”

Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, but they gave him the same answer as before.