The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” Then he offered a burnt offering.

Then Saul stopped chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back home.

(24:1) Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.

This man Elkanah went up with all his family to make the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow,

Nahash the Ammonite marched against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us and we will serve you.”

Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.

Jonathan crawled up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer following behind him. Jonathan struck down the Philistines, while his armor bearer came along behind him and killed them.

Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)