Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and we're
reading to day in the book of
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1st Samuel, the story of David
and Goliath. The armies of the
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Philistines and the armies
of the Israelites are camped and
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facing each other day by day.
The great giant Goliath comes
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out and taunts Israel-challenges
them. And David's three older
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brothers are serving in
the army of Saul and he goes
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to visit them and he hears
Goliath, and he asks the people,
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Why should this man, this
uncircumcised man, challenge
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the living God? and what shall
be done to the man who goes
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up against him? We'll pick up
the story, but Let's pray first.
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Dear Lord, as we face the issues
in our lives that seem like
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giant problems to us, may
we learn a lesson from David's
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faith in you and know that the
living God has the answers that
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we need. Please send your Spirit
now as we read to show you the
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answers you have for us
today. We love you so much, and
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thank you for loving us. Amen.
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Picking up the story in first
Samuel, chapter 17, verse 27,
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this is the King James Version.
The people answered him after
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this manner saying, so
shall it be done unto the man
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that killeth him: and
Eliab, the oldest brother, heard
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when he spake unto the men.
And Eliab's anger was kindled
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against David. And he said,
Why camest thou down hither?
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And with whom hast thou
left those few sheep in the
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wilderness? I know thy pride
and naughtiness of thy heart;
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for thou art come down that
thou mightest see the battle.
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And David said, What have I
now done? Is there not a cause?
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And he turned from him toward
another, and spake after the
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same manner: and the people
answered him again after the
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former manner. And when the
words were heard which David
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spake, they rehearsed them
before Saul and he sent for him.
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And David said to Saul, Let no
man's heart fail because of him;
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Thy servant will go and
fight with this Philistine.
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And Saul said to David, Thou
art not able to go against this
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Philistine to fight with
him: for thou art but a youth,
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and he a man of war from his
youth. And David said unto Saul,
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Thy servant kept his father's
sheep and there came a lion
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and a bear and took a lamb
out of the flock, and I went out
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after him and smote him, and
delivered it out of his mouth.
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And when he arose against
me, I caught him by his beard,
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and smote him, and slew him.
Thy servant slew both the lion
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and the bear: and this
uncircumcised Philistine
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shall be as one of them, seeing
he has defied the armies of the
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living God. David said moreover,
The Lord that delivered me out
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of paw of the lion, & out of the
paw of the bear, he will deliver
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me out of the hand of this
Philistine. And Saul said unto
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David, Go, and the Lord be
with thee. And Saul armed David
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with his armour, and he put an
helmet of brass upon his head;
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also he armed him with a coat of
mail. And David girded his sword
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upon his armour, and he assayed
to go; for he had not proved it.
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And David said unto
Saul, I cannot go with these;
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for I have not proved
them. And David took them off.
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And he took his staff in his
hand, and chose him five smooth
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stones out of the brook,
and put them in a shepherd's bag
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which he had, even in a scrip;
and his sling was in his hand:
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and he drew near
to the Philistine.
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And the Philistine came
on and drew near unto David;
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And the man that bear
the shield went before him.
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And when the Philistine
looked about, and saw David,
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he disdained him: for he was
but a youth, and ruddy, and of
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a fair countenance. And
the Philistine said unto David,
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Am I a dog, that thou
comest to me with staves?
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And the Philistine cursed David
by his Gods. And the Philistine
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said to David, Come to me, and
I will give thy flesh unto the
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fowls of the air, and
to the beasts of the field.
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Then said David to the
Philistine, Thou comest to me
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with a sword, and with a spear,
and with a shield: but I am come
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to thee in the name of the Lord
of hosts, the God of the armies
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of Israel, whom thou hast
defied. This day will the Lord
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deliver thee into mine hand;
and I will smite thee, and take
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thine head from thee; and I
will give the carcasses of the
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host of the Philistines this
day unto the fowls of the air,
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and to the wild beasts of
the earth; that all the earth
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may know that
there is a God in Israel.
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And all this assembly shall
know that the Lord saveth not
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with sword and spear:
for the battle is the Lord's,
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and he will give
you into our hands.
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And it came to pass, when
the Philistine arose, and came
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and drew nigh to meet David,
that David hasted, and ran
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toward the army to meet the
Philistine. And David put his
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hand in his bag, and took thence
a stone, and slang it, and smote
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the Philistine in his forehead,
that the stone sunk into his
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forehead; and he fell
upon his face to the earth.
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So David prevailed over the
Philistine with a sling and with
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a stone, and smote the
Philistine and slew him;
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but there was no sword in the
hand of David. Therefore David
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ran, and stood upon the
Philistine, and took his sword,
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and drew it out of the
sheath thereof, and slew him,
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and cut off his head therewith.
And when the Philistines saw
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their champion was dead,
they fled. And the men of Israel
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and of Judah arose, and shouted,
and pursued the Philistines,
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until thou come to the valley,
and to the gates of Ekron.
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And the wounded of the
Philistines fell down by the
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way to Shaaraim, even
unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
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And the children of Israel
returned from chasing after
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the Philistines and
they spoiled their tents.
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And David took the head of the
Philistine, and brought it to
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Jerusalem; but he put his armour
in his tent. And when Saul saw
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David go forth against the
Philistine, he said unto Abner,
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the captain of the host,
Abner, whose son is this youth?
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And Abner said, As thy soul
liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
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And the king said, Inquire
thou whose son the stripling is.
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And as David returned from
the slaughter of the Philistine,
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Abner took him, and brought
him before Saul with the head
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of the Philistine in his
hand. And Saul said to him,
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Whose son art thou, thou
young man? And David answered,
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I am the son of thy
servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
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We're continuing to read
in 1st Samuel, chapter 18,
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This is the King James Version.
And it came to pass, when he
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had made an end of speaking
unto Saul, that the soul of
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Jonathan was knit with the soul
of David, and Jonathan loved him
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as his own soul. And Saul took
him that day, and would let him
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go no more home to his father's
house. Then Jonathan and David
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made a covenant, because
he loved him as his own soul.
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And Jonathan stripped himself of
the robe that was upon him, and
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gave it to David, and his
garments, even to his sword,
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and to his bow, and to
his girdle. And David went out
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whithersoever Saul sent
him, and behaved himself wisely:
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And Saul set him over the
men pf war, and he was accepted
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in the sight of all the people,
and also in the sight of Saul's
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servants. And it came to pass
as they came, when David was
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returned from the slaughter of
the Philistines, that the women
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came out of all cities of
Israel, singing and dancing,
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to meet king Saul, with tabrets
with joy, and with instruments
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of music. And the
women answered one another
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as they played, and said,
Saul hath slain his thousands,
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and David his ten thousands.
And Saul was very wroth,
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and the saying displeased him;
and he said, They have ascribed
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unto David ten thousands,
and to me they have ascribed
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but thousands: and what can
he have more but the kingdom?
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And Saul eyed David
from that day and forward.
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And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the evil spirit
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from God came upon Saul, and
he prophesied in the midst of
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of the house; and David played
with his hand as at other times:
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and there was a javelin
in Saul's hand. And Saul cast
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the javelin; for he said, I will
smite David even to the wall
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with it. And David avoided
out of his presence twice.
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And Saul was afraid of David,
because the Lord was with him,
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and was departed from
Saul. Therefore Saul removed him
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from him, and made him a captain
over a thousand; and he went out
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and came in before the people.
And David behaved himself wisely
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in all his ways; and the
Lord was with him. Wherefore
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when Saul saw that he
behaved himself very wisely,
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he was afraid of him. But all
Israel and Judah loved David,
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because he went out and came
in before them. And Saul said to
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David, Behold my elder daughter
Merab, her will I give thee
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to wife: only be thou valiant
for me, and fight the Lord's
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battles. For Saul said,
Let not mine hand be upon him,
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but let the hand of the
Philistines be upon him.
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And David said unto Saul,
Who am I? and what is my life,
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or my father's family in Israel,
that I should be son in law
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to the king? But it came to
pass at the time when Merab,
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Saul's daughter, should
have been given to David,
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that she was given unto
Adriel, the Meholathite to wife.
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And Michal, Saul's daughter,
loved David: and they told Saul
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and the thing pleased him. And
Saul said, I will give him her,
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that she may be a snare to
him, and that the hand of the
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Philistines may be against him.
Wherefore Saul said to David,
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Thou shalt this day be my son
in law in the one of the twain.
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And Saul commanded his servants,
saying, Commune with David
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secretly, and say, Behold
the king hath delight in thee,
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and all his servants love thee:
now therefore be the king's
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son in law. And Saul's servants
spake these words in the ears of
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David. And David said, Seemeth
it to you a light thing to be
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a king's son in law,
seeing that I am a poor man,
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and lightly esteemed? And
the servants of Saul told him,
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saying, On this manner
spake David. And Saul said,
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Thus shall ye say to David,
The king desireth not any dowry,
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but an hundred foreskins of the
Philistines, to be avenged of
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the king's enemies. But
Saul thought to make David fall
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by the hand of the Philistines.
And when his servants told
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David these words, it pleased
David well to be the king's
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son in law: and the days were
not expired. Wherefore David
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arose and went, he and his
men, and slew of the Philistines
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two hundred men; and
David brought their foreskins,
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and they gave them in full tale
to the king, that he might be
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the king's son in law. And Saul
gave him Michal his daughter
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to wife. And Saul saw and knew
that the Lord was with David,
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and that Michal,
Saul's daughter, loved him.
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And Saul was yet the more
afraid of David; and Saul became
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David's enemy continually.
Then the princes of the
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Philistines went forth, and
it came to pass, after they went
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forth, that David
behaved himself more wisely
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than all the servants of Saul;
so that his name was much set by
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We're continuing in
1st Samuel, chapter 19,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And Saul spake to Jonathan his
son, and to all his servants,
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that they should kill
David. But Jonathan, Saul's son
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delighted much in David:
and Jonathan told David, saying,
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Saul my father seeketh to kill
thee: now therefore, I pray thee
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take heed to thyself until the
morning, and abide in a secret
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place, and hide thyself: And
I will go out and stand beside
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my father in the field where
thou art, and I will commune
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with my father of thee; and what
I see, that I will tell thee.
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And Jonathan spake good of
David unto Saul his father,
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and said unto him, Let not the
king sin against his servant,
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against David; because he
hath not sinned against thee,
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and because his works have
been to thee-ward very good:
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For he did put his life in his
hand, and slew the Philistine,
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and the Lord wrought a
great salvation for all Israel:
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thou sawest it, and
didst rejoice: wherefore then
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wilt thou sin against
innocent blood, to slay David
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without a cause? And Saul
hearkened unto the voice of
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Jonathan: And Saul sware, As
the Lord liveth, he shall not be
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slain. And Jonathan called
David and Jonathan shewed him
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all those things. And
Jonathan brought David to Saul,
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and he was in his
presence, as in times past.
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And there was war again:
and David went out, and fought
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with the Philistines, and
slew them with a great slaughter
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and they fled from him. And
the evil spirit from the Lord
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was upon Saul, as he sat
in his house with his javelin
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in his hand: and
David played with his hand.
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And Saul sought to
smite David even to the wall
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with the javelin; but
he slipped away out of
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Saul's presence, and he
smote the javelin into the wall:
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and David fled, and escaped that
night. Saul also sent messengers
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unto David's house, to watch him
and to slay him in the morning:
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and Michal, David's wife told
him, saying, If thou save not
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thy life tonight,
tomorrow thou shalt be slain.
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So Michal let David down through
a window: and he went, and fled
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and escaped. And Michal took an
image, and laid it in the bed,
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and put a pillow of goats' hair
for his bolster, and covered it
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with a cloth. And when Saul
sent messengers to take David,
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she said, He is sick. And
Saul sent the messengers again
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to see David, saying,
Bring him up to me in the bed,
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that I may slay him. And when
the messengers were come in,
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behold there was an image in
the bed, with a pillow of goat's
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hair for his bolster.
Thank you for being with me
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today to read the word of
God. We'll continue the story
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of Saul and David.
Until we come together again,
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May God keep us all
in His love. Goodbye.
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