She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.

So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there other than the bread of the Presence. It had been removed from before the Lord in order to replace it with hot bread on the day it had been taken away.

It’s like the old proverb says: ‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

Now the woman had a well-fed calf at her home that she quickly slaughtered. Taking some flour, she kneaded bread and baked it without leaven.

If the individual said to him, “First let the fat be burned away, and then take for yourself whatever you wish,” he would say, “No! Hand it over right now! If you don’t, I will take it forcibly!”

Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes.

So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord.

Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, his eyes gleamed.

Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul about this, it pleased him.

He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies.

He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators and his servants.

David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his tent.

When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat’s hair at its head.

It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the Lord.

The Lord has done exactly as I prophesied! The Lord has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!

The Lord said to Samuel, “Look! I am about to do something in Israel; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle.

When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it.

The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.