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1 Samuel 14:47

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So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

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  1. 1 Samuel 14:45

    And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

  2. 1 Samuel 14:46

    Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

  3. 1 Samuel 14:48

    And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

  4. 1 Samuel 14:49

    Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi–shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

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