Samuel continued to grow, and the <sc>Lordsc> was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.<n id="1" />

She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, &#8220;Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash<n id="1" /> the feet of the servants of my lord.&#8221;

When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day,<n id="1" /> Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

So the army rushed greedily on<n id="1" /> the<n id="2" /> plunder, confiscating sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground, and the army ate them blood and all.p>

But when they got up early the following day, Dagon was again lying on the ground before the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>. The head of Dagon and his two hands were sheared off and were lying at the threshold. Only Dagon&#8217;s body was left intact.<n id="1" />

David reached his hand into the bag and took out a stone. He slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank deeply into his forehead, and he fell down with his face to the ground.p>

<p class="bodytext">When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound,<n id="1" /> knelt<n id="2" /> with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.

<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.

Now don&#8217;t let my blood fall to the ground away from the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge<n id="1" /> in the hill country.&#8221;p>

He said to her, &#8220;What about his appearance?&#8221; She said, &#8220;An old man is coming up! He is wrapped in a robe!&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">Then Saul realized it was Samuel, and he bowed his face toward the ground and kneeled down.

<p class="bodytext">Saul quickly fell full length on the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel&#8217;s words. He was completely drained of energy,<n id="1" /> not having eaten anything<n id="2" /> all that day and night.

<p class="bodytext">But the army said to Saul, &#8220;Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.&#8221; So the army rescued Jonathan from death.<n id="1" />p>