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Lexicon :: Strong's H1732 - dāviḏ

Aa
דָּוִד
Transliteration
dāviḏ
Pronunciation
daw-veed'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as דּוֹד (H1730)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 410c

Strong’s Definitions

דָּוִד Dâvid, daw-veed'; rarely (fully); דָּוִיד Dâvîyd; from the same as H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse:—David.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,076x

The KJV translates Strong's H1732 in the following manner: David (1,076x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,076x
The KJV translates Strong's H1732 in the following manner: David (1,076x).

  1. David = "beloved"

    1. youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּוִד Dâvid, daw-veed'; rarely (fully); דָּוִיד Dâvîyd; from the same as H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse:—David.
STRONGS H1732: Abbreviations
דָּוִד, דָּוִיד 1066 proper name, masculine David, son of יִשַׂי, king of Israel, whose dynasty remained on the throne of Jerusalem till the Babylonian exile (compare 2 Samuel 7:11-15 etc.) (beloved one ? compare BaNB 189; according to SayceModern Rev. 1884, 158 ff.; Rel. Babylonian 53, 56 f. originally Dodo, title of sun-god worshipped in Israel compare דודה name of divinity among east Jordan Israelites MI12) — דָּוִד always Ruth, Samuel, Kings (except 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 11:4, 36) Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, Jeremiah; also 1 Chronicles 13:6; Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:24, 25 (with + 790 times); דָּוִיד always Zechariah, Chronicles (except 1 Chronicles 13:6), Ezra, Nehemiah; also Amos 6:5 (where gloss according to PetersHebraica. Apr. 1886, p. 175) Amos 9:11; Hosea 3:5; Ezekiel 34:23; 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 11:4, 36; Songs 4:4 (with + 276 times); — first named 1 Samuel 16:13; compare also Ruth 4:17, 22; 2 Samuel 1:1 +, 1 Kings 1:1 +, 1 Kings 2:1 +, etc. (see above); in titles of Psalm 3:1; 4:1; 5:1; 6:1; 7:1; 8:1; 9:1; Psalm 11:1; 12:1; 13:1; 14:1; 15:1; 16:1; 17:1; 18:1; 19:1; 20:1; 21:1; 22:1; 23:1; 24:1; 25:1; 26:1; 27:1; 28:1; 29:1; 30:1; 31:1; 32:1; Psalm 34:1; 35:1; 36:1; 37:1; 38:1; 39:1; 40:1; 41:1; Psalm 51:1; 52:1; 53:1; 54:1; 55:1; 56:1; 57:1; 58:1; 59:1; 60:1; 61:1; 62:1; 63:1; 64:1; 65:1, Psalm 68:1; 69:1; 70:1; Psalm 86:1; Psalm 101:1; Psalm 103:1; Psalm 108:1; 109:1; 110:1; Psalm 122:1; Psalm 124:1; Psalm 131:1; Psalm 133:1; Psalm 138:1; 139:1; 140:1; 141:1; 142:1; 143:1; 144:1; 145:1 (73 in all); also in Psalm 18:51 (= 2 Samuel 22:51); Psalm 72:20; Psalm 89:36; Psalm 89:50; Psalm 122:5; Psalm 132:1, Psalm 132:11, Psalm 132:17; עַבְדִּי ד׳ (י׳ speaks) 2 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 7:5, 8 = 1 Chronicles 17:4, 7 compare 1 Chronicles 17:26 = 1 Chronicles 17:24, also 1 Kings 8:24, 25, 26, 66 2 Chronicles 6:15; 6:16; 6:17; 6:42, 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:32; 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 19:34 = Isaiah 37:35; 2 Kings 20:6; compare further Psalm 18:1; Psalm 36:1 (both titles compare above) Psalm 78:70; Psalm 89:4; Psalm 89:21; Psalm 132:10; Psalm 144:10; Jeremiah 33:21, 22, 26; so also as represented in coming (Messianic) ruler Ezekiel 34:23, 24; Ezekiel 37:24, 25, compare Hosea 3:5; Jeremiah 30:9 (see עֶבֶד). Phrases are:
a. עִיר ד׳ (according to SayceMod. Rev. l.c. originally city of god Dod[o]) = stronghold or citadel of Zion, 2 Samuel 5:7, 9 = 1 Chronicles 11:5, 7; 2 Samuel 6:10, 12, 16 = 1 Chronicles 13:13; 1 Chronicles 15:1, 29, compare Isaiah 22:9; especially of burial of kings 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 8:1; 2 Chronicles 5:2; 1 Kings 9:24; 2 Chronicles 8:11; 1 Kings 11:27; 1 Kings 11:43; 2 Chronicles 9:31; 1 Kings 14:13; 1 Kings 15:8; 2 Chronicles 12:16; 2 Chronicles 13:23; 1 Kings 15:24; 2 Chronicles 9:31; 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:8; 2 Chronicles 12:16; 2 Chronicles 13:23; 1 Kings 15:24; 2 Chronicles 16:14; 1 Kings 22:50; 2 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Kings 9:28; 2 Kings 12:22 [2 Kings 12:21] 2 Chronicles 24:25; 2 Kings 14:20; 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 15:38; 2 Chronicles 27:9; 2 Kings 16:20; burial of Jehoiada 2 Chronicles 24:16; further 2 Chronicles 32:5, 30; 33:14; Nehemiah 12:37; compare also קִרְיַת חָנָה ד׳; Isaiah 29:1.
b. בֵּית ד׳ 2 Samuel 3:1, 6 + (compare בַּיִת 5c.
c. אֹהֶל ד׳ Isaiah 16:5 (compare אֹהֶל 2).
d. סֻכַּת ד׳ Amos 9:11 (compare סֻכָּה below סכך).
e. כִּסֵּא ד׳ 2 Samuel 3:10 compare 1 Kings 1:37; 1 Kings 2:12, 24, 45; Isaiah 9:6; Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 22:2, 30; Jeremiah 29:16; Jeremiah 36:30; compare Jeremiah 13:13; Jeremiah 22:4, (compare also כִּסֵּא).
f. קִבְרֵי ד׳ Nehemiah 3:16 compare 2 Chronicles 32:33 קִבְרֵי בְנֵידֿ׳ (compare קֶבֶר).
g. מִגְדַּל ד׳ Songs 4:4.
h. אישׁ האלהים כְּלֵישִֿׁיר ד׳ Nehemiah 12:36.
i. אֱלֹהֵי ד׳ 2 Kings 20:5 + (compare אֱלֹהִים 4b).
j. חַסְדֵי ד׳ 2 Chronicles 6:42; Isaiah 55:3 (compare 2 Samuel 7:15; 1 Kings 3:6; Psalm 89:50; 2 Chronicles 1:8 etc.). — (On text note the following: — דָּוִד 1 Samuel 30:20a strike out Greek Version of the LXX Targum We Dr; 2 Samuel 3:5 read probably name of a former husband of Eglah We Dr; 2 Samuel 13:39 read רוּחַ Wep.223 Dr; 2 Samuel 19:44 [2 Samuel 19:43] read בְּכוֺר (for בדוד) Greek Version of the LXX The We Dr; insert דָּוִד 2 Samuel 9:11; 2 Samuel 15:32 & 2 Samuel 24:15 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; in 1 Chronicles 18:12; Psalm 60:1 אבשׁי & יואב are less original than דָּוִד 2 Samuel 8:13 We Dr).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

4:17; 4:22

1 Samuel

16:13; 30:20

2 Samuel

1:1; 3:1; 3:5; 3:6; 3:10; 3:18; 5:7; 5:9; 6:10; 6:12; 6:16; 7:5; 7:8; 7:11; 7:12; 7:13; 7:14; 7:15; 7:15; 8:13; 9:11; 13:39; 15:32; 19:43; 22:51; 24:15

1 Kings

1:1; 1:37; 2:1; 2:10; 2:12; 2:24; 2:45; 3:1; 3:6; 3:14; 3:14; 8:1; 8:24; 8:25; 8:26; 8:66; 9:24; 11:4; 11:4; 11:13; 11:27; 11:32; 11:34; 11:36; 11:36; 11:36; 11:38; 11:43; 14:8; 14:13; 14:31; 15:8; 15:8; 15:24; 15:24; 22:50

2 Kings

8:19; 8:24; 9:28; 12:21; 14:20; 15:7; 15:38; 16:20; 19:34; 20:5; 20:6

1 Chronicles

11:5; 11:7; 13:6; 13:6; 13:13; 15:1; 15:29; 17:4; 17:7; 17:24; 17:26; 18:12

2 Chronicles

1:8; 5:2; 6:15; 6:16; 6:17; 6:42; 6:42; 8:11; 9:31; 9:31; 12:16; 12:16; 16:14; 21:1; 21:20; 24:16; 24:25; 27:9; 32:5; 32:30; 32:33; 33:14

Nehemiah

3:16; 12:36; 12:37

Psalms

3:1; 4:1; 5:1; 6:1; 7:1; 8:1; 9:1; 11:1; 12:1; 13:1; 14:1; 15:1; 16:1; 17:1; 18:1; 18:1; 19:1; 20:1; 21:1; 22:1; 23:1; 24:1; 25:1; 26:1; 27:1; 28:1; 29:1; 30:1; 31:1; 32:1; 34:1; 35:1; 36:1; 36:1; 37:1; 38:1; 39:1; 40:1; 41:1; 51:1; 52:1; 53:1; 54:1; 55:1; 56:1; 57:1; 58:1; 59:1; 60:1; 60:1; 61:1; 62:1; 63:1; 64:1; 65:1; 68:1; 69:1; 70:1; 72:20; 78:70; 86:1; 89:4; 89:21; 89:36; 89:50; 89:50; 101:1; 103:1; 108:1; 109:1; 110:1; 122:1; 122:5; 124:1; 131:1; 132:1; 132:10; 132:11; 132:17; 133:1; 138:1; 139:1; 140:1; 141:1; 142:1; 143:1; 144:1; 144:10; 145:1

Song of Songs

4:4; 4:4

Isaiah

9:6; 16:5; 22:9; 29:1; 37:35; 55:3

Jeremiah

13:13; 17:25; 22:2; 22:4; 22:30; 29:16; 30:9; 33:21; 33:22; 33:26; 36:30

Ezekiel

34:23; 34:23; 34:24; 34:24; 37:24; 37:24; 37:25; 37:25

Hosea

3:5; 3:5

Amos

6:5; 9:11; 9:11

H1732

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Strong's Number H1732 matches the Hebrew דָּוִד (dāviḏ),
which occurs 291 times in 232 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (1Sa 16:13–1Sa 18:17)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13 - So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20 - Jesse responded by sending David to Saul, along with a young goat, a donkey loaded with bread, and a wineskin full of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:21 - So David went to Saul and began serving him. Saul loved David very much, and David became his armor bearer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - Then Saul sent word to Jesse asking, “Please let David remain in my service, for I am very pleased with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23 - And whenever the tormenting spirit from God troubled Saul, David would play the harp. Then Saul would feel better, and the tormenting spirit would go away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. Jesse was an old man at that time, and he had eight sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:14 - David was the youngest son. David’s three oldest brothers stayed with Saul’s army,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - but David went back and forth so he could help his father with the sheep in Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 - One day Jesse said to David, “Take this basket[fn] of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and carry them quickly to your brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - So David left the sheep with another shepherd and set out early the next morning with the gifts, as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield with shouts and battle cries.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22 - David left his things with the keeper of supplies and hurried out to the ranks to greet his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:23 - As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came out from the Philistine ranks. Then David heard him shout his usual taunt to the army of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:26 - David asked the soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - But when David’s oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry. “What are you doing around here anyway?” he demanded. “What about those few sheep you’re supposed to be taking care of? I know about your pride and deceit. You just want to see the battle!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:29 - “What have I done now?” David replied. “I was only asking a question!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:31 - Then David’s question was reported to King Saul, and the king sent for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32 - “Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:33 - “Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - The LORD who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”
Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the LORD be with you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - Then Saul gave David his own armor—a bronze helmet and a coat of mail.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - David put it on, strapped the sword over it, and took a step or two to see what it was like, for he had never worn such things before.
“I can’t go in these,” he protested to Saul. “I’m not used to them.” So David took them off again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:41 - Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42 - sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:44 - “Come over here, and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:48 - As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:49 - Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:50 - So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51 - Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they turned and ran.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:54 - (David took the Philistine’s head to Jerusalem, but he stored the man’s armor in his own tent.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:55 - As Saul watched David go out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?”
“I really don’t know,” Abner declared.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:57 - As soon as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner brought him to Saul with the Philistine’s head still in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 - “Tell me about your father, young man,” Saul said.
And David replied, “His name is Jesse, and we live in Bethlehem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:1 - After David had finished talking with Saul, he met Jonathan, the king’s son. There was an immediate bond between them, for Jonathan loved David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3 - And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:4 - Jonathan sealed the pact by taking off his robe and giving it to David, together with his tunic, sword, bow, and belt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:5 - Whatever Saul asked David to do, David did it successfully. So Saul made him a commander over the men of war, an appointment that was welcomed by the people and Saul’s officers alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7 - This was their song:
“Saul has killed his thousands,
and David his ten thousands!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8 - This made Saul very angry. “What’s this?” he said. “They credit David with ten thousands and me with only thousands. Next they’ll be making him their king!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:9 - So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:10 - The very next day a tormenting spirit[fn] from God overwhelmed Saul, and he began to rave in his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did each day. But Saul had a spear in his hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:11 - and he suddenly hurled it at David, intending to pin him to the wall. But David escaped him twice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:12 - Saul was then afraid of David, for the LORD was with David and had turned away from Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:14 - David continued to succeed in everything he did, for the LORD was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16 - But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was so successful at leading his troops into battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:17 - One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my older daughter, Merab, as your wife. But first you must prove yourself to be a real warrior by fighting the LORD’s battles.” For Saul thought, “I’ll send him out against the Philistines and let them kill him rather than doing it myself.”

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