I Sam 10
10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and
kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed
thee to be captain over his inheritance?
10:2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two
men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah;
and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek
are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and
sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to
the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to
God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three
loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which
thou shalt receive of their hands.
10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison
of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come
thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets
coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and
a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt
prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as
occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will
come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice
sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come
to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from
Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to
pass that day.
10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of
prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he
prophesied among them.
10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that,
behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said
one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is
Saul also among the prophets?
Saul had military victories and reigned for two years without any recorded problems. THEN:
I Sam 13
13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over
Israel,
13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two
thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a
thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest
of the people he sent every man to his tent.
13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in
Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet
throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the
Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to
Gilgal.
13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with
Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and
people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they
came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the
people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in
caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
13:7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and
Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people
followed him trembling.
13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel
had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were
scattered from him.
13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace
offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering
the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to
meet him, that he might salute him.
13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I
saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest
not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered
themselves together at Michmash;
13:12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to
Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced
myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not
kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he
commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy
kingdom upon Israel for ever.
13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought
him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded
him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that
which the LORD commanded thee.
Saul gets very jealous of David and tries to kill him on a number of occasions.
I Sam 19 (David’s wife helps him escape from Saul. Saul has sent messengers to kill David:)
19:18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and
told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went
and dwelt in Naioth.
19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the
company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as
appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of
Saul, and they also prophesied.
19:21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they
prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third
time, and they prophesied also.
19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in
Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And
one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was
upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to
Naioth in Ramah.
19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel
in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night.
Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
Saul’s son, Jonathan, and David have become best friends. Jonathan tries to stick up for David:
I Sam 20
20:30 Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto
him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know
that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and
unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
20:31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt
not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and
fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him,
Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
20:33 And Saul cast a javelin at him (Jonathan) to smite him: whereby Jonathan
knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
Jonathan helps David to escape. David went to Ahimelech the priest and told Ahimelech that king Saul commanded David to do some secret business. Ahimelech then gave David the shew bread and Goliath’s sword.
I Sam 22
22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub,
and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they
came all of them to the king.
22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered,
Here I am, my Lord.
22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou
and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a
sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise
against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so
faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in
law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house?
22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let
not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house
of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all
thy father’s house.
22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn,
and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with
David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to
me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to
fall upon the priests of the LORD.
22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.
And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and
slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen
ephod.
22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the
sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen,
and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.