Category Archives: I Samuel

David and the Holy Bread 1 Now David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. AndAhimelech wasafraid when he met David, and said to him, “Whyareyou alone, and no one is with you?” 2 So David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me, ‘Do not […]

David’s Four Hundred Men 1 David therefore departed from there andescapedto the cave of Adullam. So when his brothers and all his father’s house heardit,they went down there to him. 2 And everyonewhowasin distress, everyone whowasin debt, and everyonewhowasdiscontented gathered to him. So he became captain over them. And there were aboutfour hundred men with […]

David Saves the City of Keilah 1 Then they told David, saying, “Look, the Philistines are fighting againstKeilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.” 2 Therefore Davidinquired of theLord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And theLordsaid to David, “Go and attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.” 3 But David’s men said […]

David Spares Saul 1 Now it happened,when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, “Take note! Davidisin the Wilderness of En Gedi.” 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, andwent to seek David and his men on the Rocks of the Wild Goats. 3 So […]

Death of Samuel 1 ThenSamuel died; and the Israelites gathered together andlamented for him, and buried him at his home in Ramah. And David arose and went downto the Wilderness of Paran. David and the Wife of Nabal 2 Nowtherewasa manin Maon whose businesswasinCarmel, and the manwasvery rich. He had three thousand sheep and a […]

David Spares Saul a Second Time 1 Now the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying,“Is David not hiding in the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?” 2 Then Saul arose and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, havingthree thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the Wilderness of Ziph. 3 […]

David Allied with the Philistines 1 And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul.Thereisnothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall […]

1 Nowit happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies together for war, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, “You assuredly know that you will go out with me to battle, you and your men.” 2 So David said to Achish, “Surely you know what your servant can do.” And […]

The Philistines Reject David 1 Thenthe Philistines gathered together all their armiesat Aphek, and the Israelites encamped by a fountain whichisin Jezreel. 2 And thelords of the Philistines passed in review by hundreds and by thousands, butDavid and his men passed in review at the rear with Achish. 3 Then the princes of the Philistines […]

David’s Conflict with the Amalekites 1 Now it happened, when David and his men came toZiklag, on the third day, that theAmalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire, 2 and had taken captive thewomen and those whowerethere, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carriedthemaway […]