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So Jesse loaded a donkey with bread, a leather bag full of wine, and a young goat, and he sent them with his son David to Saul.

So David defeated the Philistine with only a sling and a stone. He hit him and killed him. He did not even have a sword in his hand.

So Saul watched David closely from then on, because he was jealous.

The Lord was with David but had left Saul. So Saul was afraid of David.

He sent David away and made him commander of a thousand soldiers. So David led them in battle.

So, when the time came for Saul's daughter Merab to marry David, Saul gave her instead to Adriel of Meholah.

He thought, "I will let her marry David. Then she will be a trap for him, and the Philistines will defeat him." So Saul said to David a second time, "You may become my son-in-law."

So he and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. David brought all their foreskins to Saul so he could be the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal for his wife.

So he grew even more afraid of David, and he was David's enemy all his life.

The Philistine commanders continued to go out to fight the Israelites, but every time, David was more skillful than Saul's officers. So he became famous.

So he warned David, "My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Watch out in the morning. Hide in a secret place.

So Jonathan called to David and told him everything that had been said. He brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.

Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David jumped out of the way. So Saul's spear went into the wall, and David ran away that night.

So she let David down out of a window, and he ran away and escaped.

Saul sent them back to see David, saying, "Bring him to me on his bed so I can kill him."

Saul said to Michal, "Why did you trick me this way? You let my enemy go so he could run away!" Michal answered Saul, "David told me if I did not help him escape, he would kill me."

So he sent messengers to capture him. But they met a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there leading them. So the Spirit of God entered Saul's men, and they also prophesied.

So David said, "Look, tomorrow is the New Moon festival. I am supposed to eat with the king, but let me hide in the field until the third evening.

Then Jonathan said, "Come, let's go out into the field." So the two of them went out into the field.

But show me the kindness of the Lord as long as I live so that I may not die.