Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the <sc>Lordsc> repay you with good this day for what you have done to me.

he<n id="1" /> sent ten servants,<n id="2" /> saying to them,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">But one of the servants told Nabal&#8217;s wife Abigail, &#8220;David sent messengers from the desert to greet<n id="1" /> our lord, but he screamed at them.

<p class="bodytext">So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, &#8220;David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">But David said to Abishai, &#8220;Don&#8217;t kill him! Who can extend his hand against the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s chosen one<n id="1" /> and remain guiltless?&#8221;

The <sc>Lordsc> rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty.<n id="1" /> Even though today the <sc>Lordsc> delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s chosen one.

<p class="bodytext">When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah who were his friends, saying, &#8220;Here&#8217;s a gift<n id="1" /> for you from the looting of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s enemies!&#8221;

They cut off Saul&#8217;s<n id="1" /> head and stripped him of his armor. They sent messengers to announce the news in the temple of their idols and among their people throughout the surrounding land of the Philistines.

<p class="bodytext">So the army<n id="1" /> sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the <sc>Lordsc> of hosts who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

<p class="bodytext">So they assembled<n id="1" /> all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, &#8220;What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?&#8221; They replied, &#8220;The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath.&#8221; So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.p>

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.p> <p class="bodytext">But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, &#8220;They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here<n id="1" /> to kill our<n id="2" /> people!&#8221;

Then take the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> and place it on the cart, and put in a chest beside it the gold objects you are sending to him as a guilt offering. You should then send it on its way.

&#8220;At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate<n id="1" /> him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Samuel replied to Saul, &#8220;I am the seer! Go up in front of me to the high place! Today you will eat with me and in the morning I will send you away. I will tell you everything that you are thinking.<n id="1" />

They got up at dawn and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, &#8220;Get up, so I can send you on your way.&#8221; So Saul got up and the two of them &#8211; he and Samuel &#8211; went outside.

<p class="bodytext">Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work.<n id="1" /> He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the <sc>Lordsc>. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes.

<p class="bodytext">The elders of Jabesh said to him, &#8220;Leave us alone for seven days so that we can send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If there is no one who can deliver us, we will come out voluntarily to you.&#8221;p>

He took a pair<n id="1" /> of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said, &#8220;Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!&#8221; Then the terror of the <sc>Lordsc> fell on the people, and they went out as one army.<n id="2" />

When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the <sc>Lordsc>. The <sc>Lordsc> sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.p>

Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel;<n id="1" /> the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.<n id="2" /> He sent all the rest of the people back home.<n id="3" />p>