However, Saul said nothing about it<n id="1" /> that day, for he thought,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Something has happened to make him ceremonially unclean. Yes, he must be unclean.&#8221;

In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the <sc>Lordsc> won&#8217;t answer you in that day.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So Jesse had him brought in.<n id="1" /> Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8220;Go and anoint him. This is the one!&#8221;

She was very upset<n id="1" /> as she prayed to the <sc>Lord,sc> and she was weeping uncontrollably.<n id="2" />

The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.p>

Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul,

<p class="bodytext">David replied, &#8220;What have I done now? Can&#8217;t I say anything?&#8221;<n id="1" />

When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him.

He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay there<n id="1" /> naked all that day and night. (For that reason it is asked, &#8220;Is Saul also among the prophets?&#8221;)p>

<p class="bodytext">Eli&#8217;s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

So the <sc>Lordsc> delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">On that day the army struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, and they became very tired.

The Preeminent One<n id="1" /> of Israel does not go back on his word<n id="2" /> or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.&#8221;<n id="3" />

Saul retained David<n id="1" /> on that day and did not allow him to return to his father&#8217;s house.

So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.p>

But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.p>

When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, &#8220;He&#8217;s sick.&#8221;p>

She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.p>

<p class="bodytext">From that time onward it was a binding ordinance<n id="1" /> for Israel, right up to the present time.p>

and Hebron; and for those in whatever other places David and his men had traveled.p>