Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth Desert to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace:

Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

He commanded them: “At the end of seven years, at the appointed time of the cancellation of debts, at the Feast of Temporary Shelters,

he commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant,

explain to your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’

Joshua was told, “The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, “When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower.”

The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”

Now the day before Saul arrived, the Lord had told Samuel:

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

When Saul’s servants reported what David had said,

They told David, “The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors.”

But a messenger came to Saul saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

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.”

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

That night the Lord told Nathan,

He instructed the messenger as follows: “When you finish giving the battle report to the king,

Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!”

When David got up the next morning, the Lord had already spoken to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son: