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1 Samuel 17:51 (ESV)
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

 

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1 Samuel 17:52 (ESV)
And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.

 

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1 Samuel 17:53 (ESV)
And the people of Israel came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.

 

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1 Samuel 17:54 (ESV)
And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.

 

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1 Samuel 17:55 (ESV)
As soon as Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

 

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1 Samuel 17:56 (ESV)
And the king said, “Inquire whose son the boy is.”

 

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1 Samuel 17:57 (ESV)
And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

 

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1 Samuel 17:58 (ESV)
And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

 

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1 Samuel 18:1 (ESV)
As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

 

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1 Samuel 18:2 (NASB)
[SUP]2 [/SUP] Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father's house.

 

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1 Samuel 18:3 (ESV)
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

 

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1 Samuel 18:4 (ESV)
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt.

 

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1 Samuel 18:5 (ERV)
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

 

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1 Samuel 18:6 (ESV)
As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments.

 

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1 Samuel 18:7 (ESV)
And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”

 

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1 Samuel 18:8 (ESV)
And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the kingdom?”

 

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1 Samuel 18:9 (ESV)
And Saul eyed David from that day on.

 

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1 Samuel 18:10 (KJV)
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.

 

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1 Samuel 18:11 (ESV)
And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded him twice.

 

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1 Samuel 18:12 (ESV)
Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul.