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1 Samuel 19:8

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And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

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  1. 1 Samuel 19:6

    And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.

  2. 1 Samuel 19:7

    And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

  3. 1 Samuel 19:9

    And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.

  4. 1 Samuel 19:10

    And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

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