Samuel said to the cook, “Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you – the one I asked you to keep with you.”p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you.<n id="1" />

His armor bearer said to him, &#8220;Do everything that is on your mind.<n id="1" /> Do as you&#8217;re inclined. I&#8217;m with you all the way!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<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>

David went on to say, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!&#8221; Then Saul said to David, &#8220;Go! The <sc>Lordsc> will be with you.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

You must be loyal<n id="1" /> to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s name.<n id="2" /> If I am guilty,<n id="3" /> you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?&#8221;p>

But if my father intends to do you harm, may the <sc>Lordsc> do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don&#8217;t let you know<n id="1" /> and send word to you so you can go safely on your way.<n id="2" /> May the <sc>Lordsc> be with you, as he was with my father.

David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab&#8217;s brother, &#8220;Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?&#8221; Abishai replied, &#8220;I will go down with you.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">David said to Achish, &#8220;If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?&#8221;

The <sc>Lordsc> will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines!<n id="1" /> Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me.<n id="2" /> The <sc>Lordsc> will also hand the army<n id="3" /> of Israel over to the Philistines!&#8221;p>