They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

The people of Asher live among the Canaanites residing in the land because they did not conquer them.

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord; the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

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

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

Saul became even more afraid of him. Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on.

So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done.

the clans of Kiriath Jearim – the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.)

Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him.

Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth!

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the oldest, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

The tenth, assigned the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.

He ordered Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands.

A huge crowd assembled in Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month.

Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.

“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!