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David answered, "That day when I saw Doeg, I knew he would tell Saul! Your family died because of me.

David prayed, " Lord God of Israel, I was told that Saul is planning to come here. What should I do? Suppose he threatens to destroy the town because of me.

One time, David was at Horesh in Ziph Desert. He was afraid because Saul had come to the area to kill him.

Please forgive me if I say a little more. The Lord will always protect you and your family, because you fight for him. I pray that you won't ever do anything evil as long as you live.

and now your conscience will be clear, because you won't be guilty of taking revenge and killing innocent people. When the Lord does all those good things for you, please remember me.

Saul replied, "I swear by the living Lord that nothing will happen to you because of this."

At once, Saul collapsed and lay stretched out on the floor, terrified at what Samuel had said. He was weak because he had not eaten anything since the day before.

"Who is your master?" David asked. "And where do you come from?" "I'm from Egypt," the young man answered. "I'm the servant of an Amalekite, but he left me here three days ago because I was sick.

He led David to the Amalekites. They were eating and drinking everywhere, celebrating because of what they had taken from Philistia and Judah.

On the way back, David went to the two hundred men he had left at Besor Gorge, because they had been too tired to keep up with him. They came toward David and the people who were with him. When David was close enough, he greeted the two hundred men and asked how they were doing.

They cried all day long and would not eat anything. Everyone was sad because Saul, his son Jonathan, and many of the Lord 's people had been killed in the battle.

and I pray that the Lord will be kind and faithful to you. I will be your friend because of what you have done.

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pretended he wanted to talk privately with him. So he took Abner into one of the small rooms that were part of the town gate and stabbed him in the stomach. Joab killed him because Abner had killed Joab's brother Asahel.

Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.

David became a great and strong ruler, because the Lord All-Powerful was on his side.

The chest stayed there for three months, and the Lord greatly blessed Obed Edom, his family, and everything he owned. Then someone told King David, "The Lord has done this because the sacred chest is in Obed Edom's house." Right away, David went to Obed Edom's house to get the chest and bring it to David's City. Everyone was celebrating.

You have done this wonderful thing, and you have let me know about it, because you wanted to keep your promise.

One day, David thought, "I wonder if any of Saul's family are still alive. If they are, I will be kind to them, because I made a promise to Jonathan."

David said, "Don't be afraid. I'll be kind to you because Jonathan was your father. I'm going to give you back the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul. Besides that, you will always eat with me at my table."

And because he didn't have any pity on the poor man, he will have to pay four times what the lamb was worth."