So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said, “The Lord will do what he pleases.”

So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you in that day.”

Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of Matri was chosen by lot. At last Saul son of Kish was chosen by lot. But when they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found.

But some wicked men said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it.

He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul.

If they say to us, ‘Stay put until we approach you,’ we will stay right there and not go up to them.

So Saul asked God, “Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.

So his servants told David these things and David agreed to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired

However, Saul said nothing about it that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to make him ceremonially unclean. Yes, he must be unclean.”

David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand.

David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road.

You have explained today how you have treated me well. The Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.

The Lord rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty. Even though today the Lord delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the Lord’s chosen one.

When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.

Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner.

So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.

But she said to him, “No I won’t, for sending me away now would be worse than what you did to me earlier!” But he refused to listen to her.

Then Absalom said, “If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king replied to him, “Why should he go with you?”