1 Samuel 26:17
When Saul recognized David’s voice, he said,“Is that your voice, my son David?” David replied,“Yes, it’s my voice, my lord the king.”
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- 1 Sam 24:16 : 16 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said,“Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly.
- 1 Sam 24:8 : 8 Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul,“My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.
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- 1 Sam 24:15-173 verses86%
15May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”
16When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said,“Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly.
17He said to David,“You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!
- 1 Sam 24:6-116 verses81%
6He said to his men,“May the LORD keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the LORD’s chosen one, by extending my hand against him. After all, he is the LORD’s chosen one.”
7David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road.
8Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul,“My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.
9David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?
10Today your own eyes see how the LORD delivered you– this very day– into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said,‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s chosen one.’
11Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.
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18He went on to say,“Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?
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31When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.
- 1 Sam 17:55-584 verses80%
55Now as Saul watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the general in command of the army,“Whose son is this young man, Abner?” Abner replied,“As surely as you live, O king, I don’t know.”
56The king said,“Find out whose son this boy is!”
57So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58Saul said to him,“Whose son are you, young man?” David replied,“I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem.”
- 1 Sam 22:12-143 verses80%
12Then Saul said,“Listen, son of Ahitub.” He replied,“Here I am, my lord.”
13Saul said to him,“Why have you conspired against me, you and this son of Jesse? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf, so that he opposes me and waits in ambush, as is the case today!”
14Ahimelech replied to the king,“Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!
- 1 Sam 26:21-222 verses80%
21Saul replied,“I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you anymore, for you treated my life with value this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!”
22David replied,“Here is the king’s spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it.
- 2 Sam 1:16-172 verses79%
16David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”
17David’s Tribute to Saul and Jonathan Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.
- 1 Sam 18:22-243 verses78%
22Then Saul instructed his servants,“Tell David secretly,‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”
23So Saul’s servants spoke these words privately to David. David replied,“Is becoming the king’s son-in-law something insignificant to you? I’m just a poor and lightly-esteemed man!”
24When Saul’s servants reported what David had said,
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25Saul replied to David,“May you be rewarded, my son David! You will without question be successful!” So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
- 1 Sam 26:14-163 verses78%
14David called to the army and to Abner son of Ner,“Won’t you answer, Abner?” Abner replied,“Who are you, that you have called to the king?”
15David said to Abner,“Aren’t you a man? After all, who is like you in Israel? Why then haven’t you protected your lord the king? One of the soldiers came to kill your lord the king.
16This failure on your part isn’t good! As surely as the LORD lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the LORD’s chosen one, are as good as dead! Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”
- 1 Sam 19:1-22 verses77%
1Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much.
2So Jonathan told David,“My father Saul is trying to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find a hiding place and stay in seclusion.
- 1 Sam 23:10-112 verses77%
10Then David said,“O LORD God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.
11Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, please inform your servant!”Then the LORD said,“He will come down.”
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5David said to the young man who was telling him this,“How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
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8For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!”
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22Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying,“Let David be my servant, for I really like him.”
- 2 Sam 1:13-142 verses76%
13David said to the young man who told this to him,“Where are you from?” He replied,“I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner.”
14David replied to him,“How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
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17He said to him,“Don’t be afraid! For the hand of my father Saul cannot find you. You will rule over Israel, and I will be your second in command. Even my father Saul realizes this.”
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18David said to Saul,“Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”
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19So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said,“Send me your son David, who is out with the sheep.”
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32Jonathan responded to his father Saul,“Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
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1Jonathan Seeks to Protect David David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked,“What have I done? What is my offense? How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!”
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20What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Sovereign LORD!
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17Saul said to Michal,“Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!” Michal replied to Saul,“He said to me,‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’”
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5Isn’t this David, of whom they sang as they danced,‘Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands’?”
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6Saul Executes the Priests But Saul found out the whereabouts of David and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree at an elevated location with his spear in hand and all his servants stationed around him.
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4So Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf to his father Saul. He said to him,“The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you.
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7Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly.
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1David Sings to the Lord David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul.