1 Samuel 18:13

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So Saul removed David from his presence and appointed him as a commander over a thousand men. David led the troops out and brought them back in.

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  • 2 Sam 5:2 : 2 "In the past, even when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’”
  • Ps 121:8 : 8 The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
  • Num 27:16-17 : 16 May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the assembly 17 to go out and come in before them, to lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.
  • 1 Sam 8:12 : 12 He will appoint them as commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties. Some will plow his fields, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
  • 1 Sam 18:16-17 : 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David because he led them in their campaigns. 17 Saul said to David, 'Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage, but you must serve me bravely and fight the LORD’s battles.' For Saul thought, 'I will not raise my hand against him; let the Philistines do that.'
  • 1 Sam 18:25 : 25 Saul replied, 'Say to David, "The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies."' Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.
  • 1 Sam 22:7 : 7 Saul said to his servants who stood around him, 'Listen now, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?'

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  • 1 Sam 18:11-12
    2 verses
    82%

    11Saul hurled the spear, saying, "I’ll pin David to the wall." But David evaded him twice.

    12Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    81%

    5David went out and was successful in everything Saul sent him to do. Saul gave him command over the soldiers, and he was well-liked by everyone, including Saul’s officers.

  • 1 Sam 18:14-16
    3 verses
    77%

    14David succeeded in everything he did because the LORD was with him.

    15When Saul saw how successful David was, he became afraid of him.

    16But all Israel and Judah loved David because he led them in their campaigns.

  • 1 Sam 18:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29Saul grew even more afraid of David. He continually regarded him as an enemy for the rest of his days.

    30The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, but every time they went out, David had more success than all of Saul’s servants, and he became highly esteemed.

  • 2 Sam 18:1
    75%

    1David mustered the people who were with him and appointed commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
    3 verses
    75%

    31When David's words were heard, they were reported to Saul, and he sent for him.

    32David said to Saul, 'Let no one lose heart because of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him.'

    33But Saul replied, 'You cannot go against this Philistine to fight him. You are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.'

  • 1 Sam 13:14-15
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    75%

    14But now your kingdom will not endure. The Lord has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him leader over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you."

    15Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 23:13
    75%

    13So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and moved wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he stopped his pursuit.

  • 1 Sam 13:2
    74%

    2Saul chose 3,000 men from Israel for himself. 2,000 were with Saul at Michmash and in the hills of Bethel, and 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent back to their homes.

  • 2 Sam 5:2
    74%

    2"In the past, even when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’”

  • 1 Sam 18:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7The women sang as they danced: "Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."

    8Saul became very angry at this and it displeased him greatly. He said, "They have credited David with tens of thousands but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?"

    9From that day onward, Saul kept a close and suspicious eye on David.

  • 1 Chr 13:1
    74%

    1David consulted with the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

  • 1 Sam 16:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21When David came to Saul and stood before him, Saul loved him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.

    22Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, "Allow David to remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight."

  • 1 Sam 19:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Then Jonathan called David and told him everything. He brought David to Saul, and David was once again in Saul’s presence as before.

    8War broke out again. David went out to fight the Philistines and struck them with a great slaughter, causing them to flee before him.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    73%

    57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 29:5
    73%

    5Isn't this the David they sang about in their dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands'?

  • 1 Sam 21:10-11
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    73%

    10The priest replied, 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it. There is no other here.' David said, 'There is none like it; give it to me.'

    11David got up and fled that day from Saul’s presence and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 18:2
    73%

    2From that day forward, Saul took David with him and did not permit him to return to his father’s house.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    72%

    26Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. But as Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them,

  • 1 Sam 17:20
    72%

    20Early in the morning, David left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    72%

    17Saul said to the men who were with him, 'Muster the troops and see who has left us.' When they counted, they found that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were gone.

  • 1 Sam 17:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    37David added, 'The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.' Saul said to David, 'Go, and may the LORD be with you.'

    38Then Saul dressed David in his own garments, putting a bronze helmet on his head and dressing him in a coat of mail.

  • 1 Sam 10:23
    72%

    23They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people, he was taller than any of them from his shoulders upward.

  • 1 Sam 10:9
    72%

    9As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed his heart, and all these signs came to pass that day.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    72%

    24When Saul’s servants reported back what David had said,

  • 1 Sam 22:7
    72%

    7Saul said to his servants who stood around him, 'Listen now, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?'

  • 1 Chr 11:2
    72%

    2In the past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel in and out. And the LORD your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over my people Israel.'

  • 1 Sam 14:46
    71%

    46Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and they withdrew to their own land.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    71%

    13David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the hill at a distance, with a wide space between them.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    71%

    7He said to his men, 'The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, by raising my hand against him, for he is the LORD’s anointed.'

  • 1 Sam 23:8
    71%

    8So Saul summoned all the troops for battle to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    71%

    25Then Saul said to David, "Blessed are you, my son David. You will do great things and surely prevail." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 17:15
    71%

    15But David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

  • 1 Sam 18:22
    71%

    22Then Saul ordered his servants, 'Speak to David privately and say, "Look, the king likes you, and all his servants love you; now become his son-in-law."'

  • 1 Sam 16:19
    71%

    19Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep."

  • 1 Sam 24:3
    71%

    3So Saul chose three thousand elite men from all Israel and went to search for David and his men near the rocks of the wild goats.

  • 1 Sam 16:13
    71%

    13So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel left and went to Ramah.