1 Samuel 14:14   (Read all of 1 Samuel 14)

In that first attack Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed some twenty men in an area of about half an acre.

1 Samuel 17:32   (Read all of 1 Samuel 17)

David said to Saul, "Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him."

1 Samuel 21:10   (Read all of 1 Samuel 21)

That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:11   (Read all of 1 Samuel 21)

But the servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David, the king of the land? Isn't he the one they sing about in their dances: " 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands'?"

1 Samuel 21:12   (Read all of 1 Samuel 21)

David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:13   (Read all of 1 Samuel 21)

So he pretended to be insane in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.

1 Samuel 23:10   (Read all of 1 Samuel 23)

David said, "Lord, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me.

1 Samuel 25:18   (Read all of 1 Samuel 25)

Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

1 Samuel 25:35   (Read all of 1 Samuel 25)

Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, "Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request."

1 Samuel 26:19   (Read all of 1 Samuel 26)

Now let my lord the king listen to his servant's words. If the Lord has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. If, however, people have done it, may they be cursed before the Lord! They have driven me today from my share in the Lord's inheritance and have said, 'Go, serve other gods.'

1 Samuel 26:21   (Read all of 1 Samuel 26)

Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Come back, David my son. Because you considered my life precious today, I will not try to harm you again. Surely I have acted like a fool and have been terribly wrong."

1 Samuel 27:2   (Read all of 1 Samuel 27)

So David and the six hundred men with him left and went over to Achish son of Maok king of Gath.

1 Samuel 27:3   (Read all of 1 Samuel 27)

David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

1 Samuel 27:6   (Read all of 1 Samuel 27)

So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

1 Samuel 27:9   (Read all of 1 Samuel 27)

Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.

1 Samuel 27:12   (Read all of 1 Samuel 27)

Achish trusted David and said to himself, "He has become so obnoxious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for life."

1 Samuel 28:1   (Read all of 1 Samuel 28)

In those days the Philistines gathered their forces to fight against Israel. Achish said to David, "You must understand that you and your men will accompany me in the army."

1 Samuel 29:2   (Read all of 1 Samuel 29)

As the Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were marching at the rear with Achish.

1 Samuel 29:3   (Read all of 1 Samuel 29)

The commanders of the Philistines asked, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish replied, "Is this not David, who was an officer of Saul king of Israel? He has already been with me for over a year, and from the day he left Saul until now, I have found no fault in him."

1 Samuel 29:4   (Read all of 1 Samuel 29)

But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, "Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master's favor than by taking the heads of our own men?

1 Samuel 29:6   (Read all of 1 Samuel 29)

So Achish called David and said to him, "As surely as the Lord lives, you have been reliable, and I would be pleased to have you serve with me in the army. From the day you came to me until today, I have found no fault in you, but the rulers don't approve of you.

1 Samuel 31:7   (Read all of 1 Samuel 31)

When the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.

2 Samuel 3:8   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, "Am I a dog's head-on Judah's side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven't handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman!

2 Samuel 3:39   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

And today, though I am the anointed king, I am weak, and these sons of Zeruiah are too strong for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil deeds!"