Then the Lord again appeared in Shiloh, for it was in Shiloh that the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel through the word of the Lord.

Samuel said to the cook, “Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you – the one I asked you to keep with you.”

So Saul assembled the army and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

David also brought along the men who were with him, each with his family. They settled in the cities of Hebron.

For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.

He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.

The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord – and Satan also arrived among them.

And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.

For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

“Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?

I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.

You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.

They say to themselves, “We will oppress all of them.” They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations.

Praise the Lord, all that he has made, in all the regions of his kingdom! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.