for those in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

The gift was for those in the following locations:<n id="1" /> for those in Bethel,<n id="2" /> Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;

and Racal; for those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;

for those in Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athach,

Now look! Here is the king you have chosen &#8211; the one that you asked for! Look, the <sc>Lordsc> has given you a king!

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

Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did?<n id="1" /> When God<n id="2" /> treated them harshly, didn&#8217;t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?<n id="3" />

Samuel said to the cook, &#8220;Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you &#8211; the one I asked you to keep with you.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Samuel said to the people, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors<n id="1" /> up from the land of Egypt.

<p class="bodytext">Now Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree in Migron, on the outskirts of Gibeah. The army that was with him numbered about six hundred men.

Here is what the <sc>Lordsc> of hosts says: &#8216;I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed<n id="1" /> Israel along the way when Israel<n id="2" /> came up from Egypt.

Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out<n id="1" /> to you.&#8221;p>

Afterward David&#8217;s conscience bothered him<n id="1" /> because he had cut off an edge of Saul&#8217;s robe.

You have explained today how you have treated me well. The <sc>Lordsc> delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.

Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don&#8217;t even know where they came from!&#8221;p>

Then David and the men<n id="1" /> who were with him wept loudly<n id="2" /> until they could weep no more.<n id="3" />

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

This failure on your part isn&#8217;t good!<n id="1" /> As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s chosen one, are as good as dead!<n id="2" /> Now look where the king&#8217;s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!&#8221;p>

David&#8217;s men said to him, &#8220;This is the day about which the <sc>Lordsc> said to you, &#8216;I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" /> So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul&#8217;s robe.

But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, &#8220;Since they didn&#8217;t go with us,<n id="1" /> we won&#8217;t give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!&#8221;p>