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Saul answered, "All right, I sinned! But please come back with me. Show me some respect in front of the leaders and the Israelites. Come back with me so that I may worship the Lord your God."

But Samuel said to Agag, "Your sword took babies from their mothers. So now, your mother will have no children." And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.

So Saul said to his servants, "Find someone who plays music well and bring him to me."

So Saul sent messengers to Jesse. They told Jesse, "You have a son named David. He takes care of your sheep. Send him to me."

So Jesse got some things as a gift for Saul. Jesse got a donkey, some bread and a leather bag full of wine, and a young goat. He gave them to David and sent him to Saul.

So David went to Saul and stood in front of him. Saul loved David very much. David became the helper who carried Saul's weapons.

Each day Goliath would come out and shout a challenge to the Israelite soldiers. He would say, "Why are all of your soldiers lined up ready for battle? You are Saul's servants. I am a Philistine. So choose one man and send him to fight me.

So the Israelite told David about the reward for killing Goliath.

David put on the sword and tried to walk around. He tried to wear Saul's uniform, but David was not used to all those heavy things. David said to Saul, "I can't fight in these things. I'm not used to them." So David took them all off.

So David defeated the Philistine with only a sling and one stone! He hit the Philistine and killed him. David didn't have a sword,

so he ran and stood beside the Philistine. Then David took Goliath's own sword out of its sheath and used it to cut off his head. That is how David killed the Philistine. When the other Philistines saw their hero was dead, they turned and ran.

Jonathan loved David as much as himself, so they made a special agreement.

David went to fight wherever Saul sent him. He was very successful, so Saul put him in charge of the soldiers. This pleased everyone, even Saul's officers.

So from that time on, Saul watched David very closely.

The Lord had left Saul and was now with David, so Saul was afraid of David.

The Lord was with David, so he was successful in everything.

So when the time came for David to marry Saul's daughter, Saul let her marry Adriel from Meholah.

He thought, "I will use Michal to trap David. I will let Michal marry David, and then I will let the Philistines kill him." So Saul said to David a second time, "You can marry my daughter today."

Saul told them, "Say this to David, ‘David, the king doesn't want you to pay money for his daughter. He wants to get even with his enemy, so the price for marrying his daughter is 100 Philistine foreskins.'" That was Saul's secret plan. He thought the Philistines would kill David.

Saul's officers told this to David. David was happy that he had a chance to become the king's son-in-law, so immediately