But Saul replied to David, “You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!”

There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Then take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart, and put in a chest beside it the gold objects you are sending to him as a guilt offering. You should then send it on its way.

When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning’s light.

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

All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.

Samuel said to all Israel, “I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king.

He had bronze shin guards on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders.

The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.

The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months.

Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a secure dynasty and he will serve my chosen one for all time.

Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. He also put body armor on him.

Now the priests would always treat the people in the following way: Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand.

So now go and make a new cart. Get two cows that have calves and that have never had a yoke placed on them. Harness the cows to the cart and take their calves from them back to their stalls.

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

Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them.

Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall.

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

So Saul said to his servants, “Find me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”

He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels.