Discovery Box| (0.22) | 1Sa 12:18 |
| So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel. |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 12:23 |
| As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright. |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 14:40 |
| Then he said to all Israel, “You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” The army replied to Saul, “Do whatever you think is best.” |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 15:18 |
| The Lord sent you on a campaign 1 saying, ‘Go and exterminate those sinful Amalekites! Fight against them until you 2 have destroyed them.’ |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 15:22 |
| Then Samuel said, “Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? 1 Certainly, 2 obedience 3 is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than 4 the fat of rams. |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 15:28 |
| Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you! |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 16:23 |
| So whenever the spirit from God would come upon Saul, David would take his lyre and play it. This would bring relief to Saul and make him feel better. Then the evil spirit would leave him alone. 1 |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 18:5 |
| On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants. 1 |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 18:6 |
| When the men 1 arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments. 2 |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 18:8 |
| This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, 1 “They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?” |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 18:10 |
| The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre 1 that day. There was a spear in Saul’s hand, |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 18:21 |
| Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.” 1 |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 18:22 |
| Then 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.” |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 18:23 |
| So Saul’s servants spoke these words privately 1 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!” |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 19:18 |
| Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth. |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 20:7 |
| If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ 1 then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. 2 |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 22:18 |
| Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five 1 men who wore the linen ephod. |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 25:3 |
| The man’s name was Nabal, 1 and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise 2 and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite. |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 25:15 |
| These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together 1 in the field. |
| (0.22) | 1Sa 25:21 |
| Now David had been thinking, 1 “In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil. |
