You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.

But the Lord struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord; he struck down 50,070 of the men. The people grieved because the Lord had struck the people with a hard blow.

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.

So Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him, “I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!”

Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

David said to Ahimelech, “Is there no sword or spear here at your disposal? I don’t have my own sword or equipment in hand due to the urgency of the king’s instructions.”

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

Now the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the Lord and with people.

Then the Lord came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “Speak, for your servant is listening!”

So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.

The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and he became very angry.

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

Saul said, “God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn’t die!”

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

So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold.

So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men.

David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the desert of Ziph.

David said to Saul, “Why do you pay attention when men say, ‘David is seeking to do you harm’?

Samuel said, “Why are you asking me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy?

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