1 Samuel 16:21
And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him, and he loued him very well, & he was made his harnesse bearer.
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- Gen 41:46 : 46 (And he was thirtie yere olde when he stoode before Pharao king of Egypt) And Ioseph departyng from the presence of Pharao, went throughout all the lande of Egypt.
- Prov 22:29 : 29 Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges, & not among the simple people?
- Deut 1:38 : 38 But Iosuah the sonne of Nun which standeth before thee, he shal go in thyther. Encourage hym therfore: for he shall cause Israel to inherite the lande.
- Deut 10:8 : 8 The same season the Lorde seperated the tribe of Leui, to beare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, and to stande before the Lorde, and to minister vnto hym, and to blesse in his name vnto this day.
- 1 Kgs 10:8 : 8 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy seruauntes whiche stand euer before thee, and heare thy wysdome.
- Ps 62:9 : 9 As for the chyldren of men, they be onlye but vanitie, the chyldren of lordes be but a lye: vpon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanitie in selfe.
- Ps 118:9 : 9 It is better to trust in God: then to put any confidence in princes.
- Ps 146:3 : 3 His spirite shall depart out of hym, he shall turne agayne to his earth: at that day all his thoughtes shall perishe.
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22 And Saul sent to Isai, saying: Let Dauid nowe remaine with me, for he hath founde fauour in my sight.
- 1 Sam 18:15-173 verses78%
15 Wherefore when Saul sawe that he was so exceeding wise, he was afrayde of him.
16 But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid, because he went out and in before them.
17 And Saul sayde to Dauid: Beholde my eldest daughter Merob, her I will geue thee to wife: Onely be a valiaunt sonne vnto me, & fight the Lordes battayles. For Saul thought: Mine hand shall not be vpon him, but the hande of the Philistines shalbe vpon him.
- 1 Sam 18:3-53 verses77%
3 Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenaunt, because he loued him as his owne soule.
4 And Ionathan put of the robe that was vpon him, and gaue it to Dauid, and thereto his garmentes, euen to his sword, and to his bowe, and to his gyrdel.
5 And Dauid went out whythersoeuer Saul sent him, and behaued him selfe wysely: And Saul set hym ouer his men of warre, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, & in the sight of Sauls seruauntes.
- 1 Sam 17:31-322 verses75%
31 And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be fet.
32 And Dauid sayde to Saul: Let no mans heart fayle him because of him: Thy seruaunt will go, and fight with yonder Philistine.
- 1 Sam 18:20-223 verses75%
20 Howbeit, Michol Sauls daughter loued Dauid: and they shewed Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 And Saul sayde: I will geue him her that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid: Thou shalt this day be my sonne in lawe in the one of the twayne.
22 And Saul comaunded his seruautes to come with Dauid secretely, & to say: Behold, the king hath a fauour to thee, and all his seruautes loue thee: be now therefore the kinges sonne in lawe.
- 1 Sam 18:28-303 verses74%
28 And Saul saw and vnderstoode how that the Lorde was with Dauid, and that Michol his daughter loued him:
29 And he was the more afrayde of Dauid, and Saul became alway Dauids enemie.
30 The Lordes of the Philistines vsed to go foorth, and whe they went foorth Dauid behaued him selfe more wysely then all the seruauntes of Saul, so that his name was much set by.
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41 And the Philistine came and drewe neare against Dauid, and the man that bare the shielde went before him.
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1 And whe he had made an end of speaking vnto Saul, the soule of Ionathan was knit with the soule of Dauid, and Ionathan loued him as his owne soule.
- 1 Sam 16:18-203 verses74%
18 The aunswered one of his seruauntes and said: Beholde, I haue seene a sonne of Isai the Bethlehemite, that can play vpon instrumentes, and is strong, valiaunt, and a man of warre, and prudent in doing of feates, and well made, and the Lorde is with him.
19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Isai, and said: Sende me Dauid thy sonne, which is with the sheepe.
20 And Isai tooke an asse laden with bread, and a flacket of wine, and a kyd, and sent them by Dauid his sonne vnto Saul.
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7 And Ionathan called Dauid, & Ionathan shewed hym all those wordes: & Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, & he was in his presence as in tymes past.
- 1 Sam 17:37-393 verses74%
37 And Dauid spake moreouer: The Lord that deliuered me out of the hand of the lion, and out of the hande of the beare, he shal deliuer me also out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul sayd vnto Dauid: Go, and the Lorde shall be with thee.
38 And Saul put his rayment vpon Dauid, and put an helmet of brasse vpon his head, and put a coate of mayle vpon him.
39 And gyrded Dauid with his owne sword vpon his rayment, and he assayed to go, and because he neuer proued it, Dauid saide vnto Saul: I cannot go with these, for I haue not vsed my selfe thereto. And Dauid put them of him,
- 1 Sam 18:12-132 verses74%
12 And Saul was afrayde of Dauid, because the Lorde was with him, & was departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul put him from him, and made him a captaine ouer a thousand, and he went out and in before the people.
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25 Then Saul saide to Dauid: Blessed art thou my sonne Dauid, for thou shalt do great thinges and preuaile. And so Dauid went his way, and Saul turned to his place agayne.
- 1 Sam 17:57-582 verses73%
57 And whe Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner toke him, & brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 And Saul sayde to him: whose sonne art thou, thou young man? Dauid aunswered: I am the sonne of thy seruaunt Isai the Bethlehemite.
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24 And the seruauntes brought Saul word againe, saying: Of this maner spake Dauid.
- 1 Sam 16:12-132 verses73%
12 And he sent, and brought him in: And he was ruddie, and of an excellet beawtie, and wel fauoured in sight. And the Lorde said, Aryse & annoynt him: For this is he.
13 Therefore Samuel toke the horne with the annoyntment, and annoynted him in the middes of his brethren. And the spirite of the Lorde came vpon Dauid from that daye forwarde: And Samuel rose vp, and went to Rama.
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34 Dauid aunswered vnto Saul: Thy seruaunt kept his fathers sheepe, & ther came a lion and likewise a beare, and toke a sheepe, out of the flocke:
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16 When Dauid had made an ende of speaking these wordes to Saul, Saul sayde: Is this thy voyce my sonne Dauid? And Saul lift vp his voyce, and wept,
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22 And Dauid left the thinges which he bare, vnder the handes of the keper of the vessels, and ran into the hoast, and came, and saluted his brethren.
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17 And Saul knew Dauids voyce, and sayd: Is this thy voyce my sonne Dauid? And Dauid sayde: It is my voyce my lorde, O king.
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10 And Dauid arose, & fled the same day from the presence of Saul, and went to Achis the king of Gath.
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2 Beholde, there came a man the thirde day out of the hoast from Saul, with his clothes rent, & earth vpon his head: And when he came to Dauid, he fell to the earth, and did obeysaunce.
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5 And when his harnesse bearer sawe that Saul was dead, he fell lykewise vpon his sword, and dyed with him.
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22 And Dauid aunswered and said: Beholde the kinges speare, let one of the young men come ouer and fet it.
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9 Wherfore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forwarde.
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9 And Dauid sayde to Saul: Wherfore geuest thou an eare to mens wordes that say, beholde Dauid seketh euyll against thee?
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1 Saul spake to Ionatha his sonne, and to all his seruauntes, that they should kill Dauid.
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5 And when his harnesse bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell on a sword also, and dyed.
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20 And Dauid rose vp early in ye morning, and left the sheepe with a keper, & toke, and went as Isai had commaunded him, and came within the compasse of the hoast: And the hoast went out in array, and shouted in the battaile.
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16 And Ionathan Sauls sonne arose and went to Dauid into the wood, and comforted his hande in God,
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5 And Dauid arose, & came to the place where Saul had pitched: & Dauid beheld the place where Saul lay, & Abner the sonne of Ner which was his chiefe captayne: for Saul lay in the fort, & the people pytched rounde about him.
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6 And when they were come, he loked on Eliab, & saide: Surelye the Lordes annoynted is before him.
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13 And Saul sayde vnto him: Why haue ye conspired agaynst me, thou, and the sonne of Isai, in that thou hast geuen him vittayle, and a sworde, and hast asked councel of God for him, yt he shoulde aryse against me, and lye in waite for me as appeareth this day?
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7 And so Dauid kept of his seruauntes with these wordes, and suffred them not to rise against Saul: But Saul rose vp out of the caue, and went away.