H7586G–שָׁאוּל–sha.ul

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone with Saul to the fight: the names of the three who went to the fight were Eliab, the oldest, and Abinadab the second, and Shammah the third.

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.

שָׁאֽוּל׃ sha.'Ul “Saul”

Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

שָׁא֑וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

וְשָׁא֤וּל (שָׁא֤וּל) sha.'Ul “Saul”

And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.

שָׁא֜וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

שָׁא֤וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Then Saul gave David his clothing of war, and put a head-dress of brass on his head and had him clothed with a coat of metal.

שָׁא֤וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So David took them

שָׁא֗וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.

שָׁא֜וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

שָׁא֑וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.

שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.

שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”שָׁאֽוּל׃ sha.'Ul “Saul”

Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.

שָׁא֣וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.

שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And Saul was very angry and this saying was unpleasing to him; and he said, They have given David credit for tens of thousands, and to me for only thousands: what more is there for him but the kingdom?

לְשָׁא֜וּל (שָׁא֜וּל) sha.'Ul “Saul”

And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”

Now on the day after, an evil spirit from God came on Saul with great force and he was acting like a prophet among the men of his house, while David was making music for him, as he did day by day: and Saul had his spear in his hand.

שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”שָׁאֽוּל׃ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.

שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul “Saul”

And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “Saul”