But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the Lord spoke to him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”

but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord’s promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the Lord I cry out; to the Lord I plead for mercy.

Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland.

Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

“Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

A member of the crowd said to him, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.

In a battle in Gath there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot – twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

“For look, I am giving a command and I will shake the family of Israel together with all the nations. It will resemble a sieve being shaken, when not even a pebble falls to the ground.

He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself.

You must not slaughter an ox or a sheep and its young on the same day.

His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.

The king chanted the following lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died like a fool?

Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the Lord.

Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows,” and he did so.

along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family.