David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated from his presence and were very afraid.

When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

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

So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.

and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.

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

So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped.

When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, “He’s sick.”

Jonathan once again took an oath with David, because he loved him. In fact Jonathan loved him as much as he did his own life.

Jonathan replied to Saul, “David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem.

Jonathan responded to his father Saul, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

(Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.)

So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold.

Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.

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

David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the desert of Ziph.

Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him through God.

(Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim.)