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But the Lord said to him, "Pay no attention to how tall and handsome he is. I have rejected him, because I do not judge as people judge. They look at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart."

Then Jesse called his son Abinadab and brought him to Samuel. But Samuel said, "No, the Lord hasn't chosen him either."

Then he asked him, "Do you have any more sons?" Jesse answered, "There is still the youngest, but he is out taking care of the sheep." "Tell him to come here," Samuel said. "We won't offer the sacrifice until he comes."

If he wins and kills me, we will be your slaves; but if I win and kill him, you will be our slaves.

David strapped Saul's sword over the armor and tried to walk, but he couldn't, because he wasn't used to wearing them. "I can't fight with all this," he said to Saul. "I'm not used to it." So he took it all off.

David answered, "You are coming against me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the Israelite armies, which you have defied.

David got Goliath's head and took it to Jerusalem, but he kept Goliath's weapons in his own tent.

In their celebration the women sang, "Saul has killed thousands, but David tens of thousands."

Saul did not like this, and he became very angry. He said, "For David they claim tens of thousands, but only thousands for me. They will be making him king next!"

"I'll pin him to the wall," Saul said to himself, and he threw the spear at him twice; but David dodged each time.

Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with David but had abandoned him.

But everyone in Israel and Judah loved David because he was such a successful leader.

But when the time came for Merab to be given to David, she was given instead to a man named Adriel from Meholah.

The Philistine armies would come and fight, but in every battle David was more successful than any of Saul's other officers. As a result David became very famous.

Saul told his son Jonathan and all his officials that he planned to kill David. But Jonathan was very fond of David,

Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David dodged, and the spear stuck in the wall. David ran away and escaped.

But Saul sent them back to see David for themselves. He ordered them, "Carry him here in his bed, and I will kill him."

But David answered, "Your father knows very well how much you like me, and he has decided not to let you know what he plans to do, because you would be deeply hurt. I swear to you by the living Lord that I am only a step away from death!"

"Tomorrow is the New Moon Festival," David replied, "and I am supposed to eat with the king. But if it's all right with you, I will go and hide in the fields until the evening of the day after tomorrow.

If he says, ‘All right,' I will be safe; but if he becomes angry, you will know that he is determined to harm me.