Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+019   CHAPTER 19 (ESV)   19 And it was told Saul, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.” 20 Then Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+018   CHAPTER 18 (ESV)   1 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. 2 And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+017   CHAPTER 17 (ESV)   40 Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine.   41 And the Philistine moved forward and came near […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+016   1 Samuel Chapter 16 (ESV)   4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” 5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+015 Chapter Fifteen (ESV)   22 And Samuel said,   “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin […]