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So Samuel did what the Lord said, and came to Bethlehem. The leaders of the city came shaking with fear to meet him. They said, "Do you come in peace?"

So he sent for him and brought him in. His youngest son had good color in his skin, beautiful eyes and was good-looking. The Lord said, "Rise up and choose him. For this is the one."

So Saul said to his servants, "Find me a man who can play well, and bring him to me."

So Saul sent men with news to Jesse, and said, "Send me your son David who is with the sheep."

So David got up early in the morning and left the flock in the care of a shepherd. He took the food and went, as Jesse had told him. And he came to the tents as the army was going out dressed for battle, calling out the war cry.

David put his hand into his bag, took out a stone and threw it, and hit the Philistine on his forehead. The stone went into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.

So David won the fight against the Philistine with a sling and a stone. He hit the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in David's hand.

So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner brought him to Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand.

So Saul made David go away from him, and had him lead a thousand men. And David went out to the people.

Saul thought, "I will give her to David. I will use her to trap him, and the Philistines will go against him." So Saul said to David a second time, "Now you may be my son-in-law."

Then Saul told his servants, "Speak to David in secret. Tell him, ‘See, the king is happy with you, and all his servants love you. So now become the king's son-in-law.'"

So Saul's servants said this to David. But David said, "Is it not important to you to become the king's son-in-law? I am only a poor man and am not very respected."

David and his men went and killed 200 Philistine men. Then David brought their pieces of flesh and gave all of them to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.

Saul was even more afraid of David. So he hated David always.

Then the Philistine leaders went out to battle. And when they did, David acted with more wisdom than all the servants of Saul. So his name became very important.

So Jonathan told David, "My father Saul wants to kill you. I beg you, be careful in the morning. Stay hidden in a secret place.

So Michal let David down through a window, and he ran away.

So Saul said to Michal, "Why have you fooled me like this and let the man I hate go? Now he has run away to be safe." Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?'"

So Saul sent men to take David. But when they saw the men of God saying what was going to happen, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon the men sent by Saul. And they began saying what was going to happen also.

When Saul heard this, he sent other men, and they began saying what was going to happen. So Saul sent men for the third time, and they began saying what was going to happen.