(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 15:16 | <p class="bodytext">Then Samuel said to Saul, 8220;Wait a minute!<n id="1" /> Let me tell you what the <sc>Lordsc> said to me last night.8221; Saul<n id="2" /> said to him, 8220;Tell me.8221; |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 15:23 | <p class="poetry">For rebellion is like the sin of divination,p> <p class="poetry">and presumption is like the evil of idolatry.p> <p class="poetry">Because you have rejected the word of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">he has rejected you as<n id="1" /> king.8221;p> |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 15:26 | <p class="bodytext">Samuel said to Saul, 8220;I will not go back with you, for you have rejected the word of the <sc>Lordsc>, and the <sc>Lordsc> has rejected you from being king over Israel!8221;p> |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 15:28 | Samuel said to him, 8220;The <sc>Lordsc> has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you! |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 15:32 | <t /><p class="bodytext">Then Samuel said, 8220;Bring me King Agag of the Amalekites.8221; So Agag came to him trembling,<n id="1" /> thinking to himself,<n id="2" /> 8220;Surely death is bitter!8221;<n id="3" /> |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 15:33 | Samuel said, 8220;Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!8221; Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the <sc>Lordsc>.p> |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 16:4 | <p class="bodytext">Samuel did what the <sc>Lordsc> told him.<n id="1" /> When he arrived in Bethlehem,<n id="2" /> the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They<n id="3" /> said, 8220;Do you come in peace?8221; |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 16:19 | <p class="bodytext">So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, 8220;Send me your son David, who is out with the sheep. |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:1 | <t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">The Philistines gathered their troops<n id="2" /> for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah. |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:9 | If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.8221; |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:10 | Then the Philistine said, 8220;I defy Israel8217;s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight<n id="1" /> each other!8221; |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:22 | After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer,<n id="1" /> he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing. |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:34 | <p class="bodytext">David replied to Saul, 8220;Your servant has been a shepherd for his father8217;s flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock, |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:36 | Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them.<n id="1" /> For he has defied the armies of the living God!8221; |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:42 | When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy. |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:43 | The Philistine said to David, 8220;Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?8221;<n id="1" /> Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods. |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:44 | The Philistine said to David, 8220;Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!8221;<n id="1" />p> |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:47 | and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the <sc>Lordsc> saves! For the battle is the <sc>Lordsc>8217;s, and he will deliver you into our hand.8221;p> |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 17:50 | <n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand.<n id="2" /> |
(0.94262129485179) | 1Sa 18:4 | Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.p> |