<p class="bodytext">So Samuel spoke all the words of the <sc>Lordsc> to the people who were asking him for a king.

<p class="bodytext">So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />

Now the day before Saul arrived, the <sc>Lordsc> had told<n id="1" /> Samuel:

Then the spirit of the <sc>Lordsc> will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.p>

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!

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the <sc>Lordsc> is about to do in your sight.

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

But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle &#8211; the best of what was to be slaughtered &#8211; to sacrifice to the <sc>Lordsc> your God in Gilgal.&#8221;p>

Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">When they arrived, Samuel<n id="1" /> noticed<n id="2" /> Eliab and said to himself,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Surely, here before the <sc>Lordsc> stands his chosen king!&#8221;<n id="4" />

Then Jesse presented<n id="1" /> Shammah. But Samuel said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> has not chosen this one either.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">So Saul feared David, because the <sc>Lordsc> was with him but had departed from Saul.

<p class="bodytext">When Saul realized<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> was with David and that his<n id="2" /> daughter Michal loved David,<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Saul accepted Jonathan&#8217;s advice<n id="1" /> and took an oath, &#8220;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, he will not be put to death.&#8221;

While I am still alive, extend to me the loyalty of the <sc>Lordsc>, or else I will die!

and called David&#8217;s enemies to account.&#8221; So Jonathan made a covenant<n id="1" /> with the house of David.<n id="2" />

But if I say to the boy, &#8220;Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,&#8217;<n id="1" /> get away. For in that case the <sc>Lordsc> has sent you away.

With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the <sc>Lordsc> is the witness between us forever!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

He inquired of the <sc>Lordsc> for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.&#8221;p>

Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the <sc>Lordsc>.