Discovery Box| (1.00) | 1Sa 15:31 |
| So Samuel followed Saul back, and Saul worshiped the Lord. |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 15:32 |
| Then Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of the Amalekites.” So Agag came to him trembling, 1 thinking to himself, 2 “Surely death is bitter!” 3 |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 16:2 |
| Samuel replied, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you 1 and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 16:5 |
| He replied, “Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 16:18 |
| One of his attendants replied, 1 “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem 2 who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior 3 and is articulate 4 and handsome, 5 for the Lord is with him.” |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 16:22 |
| Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying, “Let David be my servant, for I really like him.” 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:5 |
| He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:6 |
| He had bronze shin guards 1 on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders. |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:7 |
| The shaft 1 of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. 2 His shield bearer was walking before him. |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:9 |
| If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.” |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:11 |
| When Saul and all the Israelites 1 heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid. |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:15 |
| David was going back and forth 1 from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem. |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:23 |
| As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, 1 and David heard it. |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:27 |
| The soldiers 1 told him what had been promised, saying, 2 “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.” |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:29 |
| David replied, “What have I done now? Can’t I say anything?” 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:30 |
| Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, 1 but they 2 gave him the same answer as before. |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:31 |
| When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:32 |
| David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. 1 Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!” |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:39 |
| David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. 1 David said to Saul, “I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them. |
| (1.00) | 1Sa 17:46 |
| This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God |
