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He had great success in everything he did because the Lord was with him.

But all the people of Israel and Judah loved David because he led them well in battle.

And Jonathan asked David to repeat his promise of love for him, because he loved David as much as he loved himself.

But if I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,' you must go, because the Lord is sending you away.

He said, ‘Let me go, because our family has a sacrifice in the town, and my brother has ordered me to be there. Now if I am your friend, please let me go to see my brothers.' That is why he has not come to the king's table."

So the priest gave David the holy bread from the presence of God because there was no other. Each day the holy bread was replaced with hot bread.

Then he told the guards at his side, "Go and kill the priests of the Lord , because they are on David's side. They knew he was running away, but they didn't tell me." But the king's officers refused to kill the priests of the Lord .

Someone told Saul that David was now at Keilah. Saul said, "God has handed David over to me! He has trapped himself, because he has entered a town with gates and bars."

David prayed, " Lord , God of Israel, I have heard that Saul plans to come to Keilah to destroy the town because of me.

Jonathan told him, "Don't be afraid, because my father won't touch you. You will be king of Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this."

Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side. They were hurrying to get away from Saul, because Saul and his men were closing in on them.

Later David felt guilty because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

He said to his men, "May the Lord keep me from doing such a thing to my master! Saul is the Lord 's appointed king. I should not do anything against him, because he is the Lord 's appointed king!"

You have seen something with your own eyes today. The Lord put you in my power in the cave. They said I should kill you, but I was merciful. I said, ‘I won't harm my master, because he is the Lord 's appointed king.'

People don't normally let an enemy get away like this, do they? May the Lord reward you because you were good to me today.

Please forgive my wrong. The Lord will certainly let your family have many kings, because you fight his battles. As long as you live, may you do nothing bad.

Then you won't feel guilty or troubled because you killed innocent people and punished them. Please remember me when the Lord brings you success."

So David took the spear and water jug that were near Saul's head, and they left. No one saw them or knew about it or woke up, because the Lord had put them sound asleep.

Saul quickly fell flat on the ground and was afraid of what Samuel had said. He was also very weak because he had eaten nothing all that day and night.

The men in the army were threatening to kill David with stones, which greatly upset David. Each man was sad and angry because his sons and daughters had been captured, but David found strength in the Lord his God.