He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators and his servants.

So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles sharpened.

Then Saul built an altar for the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar for the Lord.

Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan!” Jonathan was indicated by lot.

When they arrived, Samuel noticed Eliab and said to himself, “Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king!”

David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, for your seat will be empty.

Stay with me. Don’t be afraid! Whoever seeks my life is seeking your life as well. You are secure with me.”

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.

Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?

Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along, mooing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh.

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.”

Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)

Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, “This way they can’t tell on us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” Such was his practice the entire time that he lived in the country of the Philistines.

In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength and the strength of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!

You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time.

The Lord said to Samuel, “Look! I am about to do something in Israel; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle.

They charged two-thirds of a shekel to sharpen plowshares and cutting instruments, and a third of a shekel to sharpen picks and axes, and to set ox goads.

The Lord sent you on a campaign saying, ‘Go and exterminate those sinful Amalekites! Fight against them until you have destroyed them.’