Then the people said to Samuel, “Who were the ones asking, ‘Will Saul reign over us?’ Hand over those men so we may execute them!”

Samuel said to the people, “Come on! Let’s go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”

Jonathan replied, “All right! We’ll go over to these men and fight them.

Why haven’t you obeyed the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.”

Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

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

David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal, and he became his armor bearer.

The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

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

Jonathan replied to David, “Tell me what I can do for you.”

David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

Jonathan said to David, “Come on. Let’s go out to the field.” When the two of them had gone out into the field,

So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal.

Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod.

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

But a messenger came to Saul saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.

David sent scouts and verified that Saul had indeed arrived.

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

Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; the archers spotted him and wounded him severely.