Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the Lord will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. May no evil be found in you all your days!

When the leaders of the Philistines were passing in review at the head of their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were passing in review in the rear with Achish.

Saul said to his servants who were stationed around him, “Listen up, you Benjaminites! Is Jesse’s son giving fields and vineyards to all of you? Or is he making all of you commanders and officers?

(24:1) Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.

When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the leaders of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the Israelites heard about this, they were afraid of the Philistines.

But David replied to the Philistine, “You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied!

So now do as they say. But seriously warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”

Isn’t this David, of whom they sang as they danced, ‘Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands’?”

Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore.

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

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

The gold mice corresponded in number to all the Philistine cities of the five leaders, from the fortified cities to hamlet villages, to greater Abel, where they positioned the ark of the Lord until this very day in the field of Joshua who was from Beth Shemesh.

(One of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s shepherds.)

They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

So he took David down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured.”

Then Saul said, “Listen, son of Ahitub.” He replied, “Here I am, my lord.”

Samuel said, “Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord chose you as king over Israel.

When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was absolutely terrified.