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

So Samuel followed Saul back, and Saul worshiped the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

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

But his sons did not follow<n id="1" /> his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.<n id="2" />p>

When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

<p class="bodytext">But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped and fled to David. His name was Abiathar.

<p class="bodytext">Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul, &#8220;My lord, O king!&#8221; When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.

<p class="bodytext">On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up.<n id="1" /> (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair<n id="2" /> by the doorpost of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.)

<t /><p class="bodytext">It was quite a long time &#8211; some twenty years in all &#8211; that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people<n id="1" /> of Israel longed for<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.

You should not turn aside after empty things that can&#8217;t profit and can&#8217;t deliver, since they are empty.<n id="1" />

All Israel heard this message,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive<n id="2" /> to the Philistines!&#8221; So the people were summoned to join<n id="3" /> Saul at Gilgal.p>

So Saul asked God, &#8220;Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?&#8221; But he did not answer him that day.p>

When the servant came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called out to<n id="1" /> the servant, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t the arrow further beyond you?&#8221;

Jonathan called out to the servant, &#8220;Hurry! Go faster! Don&#8217;t delay!&#8221; Jonathan&#8217;s servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master.

Saul and his men went to look for him.<n id="1" /> But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

<p class="bodytext">So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth.<n id="1" />

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

So now swear to me in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s name<n id="1" /> that you will not kill<n id="2" /> my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.&#8221;p>

Then Abigail quickly went and mounted her donkey, with five of her female servants accompanying her.<n id="1" /> She followed David&#8217;s messengers and became his wife.p>

He went on to say, &#8220;Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?<n id="1" />