Childrens Book ERA 1105BC - 970BC
But as David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistines,
the women came out of the cities of Israel, singng and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets and other musical instruments.
And the women sang to each other as they played, and said:
"Saul has slain his...
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DAVID MARRIES SAUL'S DAUGHTER
But when he heard this, David said:"I am too poor and insignificant to
marry a king's daughter."
The servants reported this to Saul and he said: "Tell David that the king
does not wish for any dowry, only the death of a hundred Philistines,
to...
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Saul sent messengers to his house to watch and slay him in the morning,
and Michal, David's wife, said to her husband: "If you do not get away
tonight, tomorrow you will be killed."
So Michal let David down through a window,
and then she made up the bed to look as though David...
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DAVID left Naioth and came to Jonathan and said to him:"What have I done
that your father should try to kill me?"
Jonathan said: "I will do all in my power to try to save you.
I know that my father will do nothing without consulting me,
so I shall speak to him about your...
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DAVID came to Ahimelech, the priest of Nob.
He asked for food and Ahimelech gave him some of the hallowed bread.
Because he had no weapons,
Ahimelech brought out the sword of Goliath which lay wrapped in a cloth,
and said: "If you want this sword, it is yours, for it is the...
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One of the foremost herdsmen of Saul, Doeg the Edomite,
was at Nob when David visited the priest Ahimelech.
He came to Saul and told him how the priest gave unto David food and a sword.
When he heard this, Saul sent to Nob and commanded Ahimelech
and all his family to...
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SAMUEL died and all the Israelites were gathered together to lament him,
and they buried him in his house at Ramah.
And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
There was a man in Maon who owned land in Carmel.
His name was Nabal, of the house of Caleb, and...
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Abigail went back to Nabal, who was holding a feast.
He was drunk, so she told him nothing of what had happened.
But the next morning, when he was sober, she told him,
and Nabal's heart fainted within him, and he became as stone.
And it came to pass that about...
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David arose one night and came to where Saul had set up his tent.
David saw the place where Saul lay,
and Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army, lay beside him.
Saul lay in the middle of the camp, and his men were encamped around him.
So David took the...
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NOW the Philistines gathered themselves together and came and pitched in Shunem.
Then Saul gathered all Israel together and they pitched in Gilboa.
And when Saul saw the army of the Philistines,
he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly.
But when Saul...
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When David learned of the death of Saul and Jonathan,he tore his clothes and fasted,
and so did all the men who were with him.
They mourned and wept and fasted until the evening,
for Saul and for Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
And David lamented with...
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AND it came to pass that, after the death of Abner and Ishbosheth,
all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and spoke saying: "Behold, we are
your bone and your flesh.
Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us,
you were our leader in Israel,
and the...
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