(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 8:24

And what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 8:25

And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Speak with David secretly and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore be the king’s son-in-law. ... And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 8:26

And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David: The king desires not any dowry but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines to be avenged of the king’s enemies. ... And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law, and the days were not expired.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 8:27

And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 8:30

And Jonathan spoke good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works toward you have been very good; for he did put his life in his hand and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:7

And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon and I should not fail to sit with the king at a meal.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:11

And when the new moon had come, the king sat him down to eat a meal. ... And the king sat upon his seat as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:12

Therefore, he comes not unto the king’s table.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:16

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said unto me, Let no man know anything of the business whereabout I send you and what I have commanded you.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:18

For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:19

And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. ... And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David, the king of the land? ... And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sorely afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:21

And he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray you, come forth and be with you until I know what God will do for me. ... And he brought them before the king of Moab.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:23

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob. ... And they came, all of them, to the king.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:24

Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house? ... Let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father, for your servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:25

And the king said, You shall surely die Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house. ... And the king said unto the guards that stood about him, Turn and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not show it to me. ... But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:26

And the king said to Doeg, Turn and fall upon the priests.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:33

And you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto you; and that also, Saul, my father, knows.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:34

Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down, and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:38

David also arose afterward and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord, the king!

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:40

After whom is the king of Israel come out?

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 9:42

And now behold, I know well that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 10:14

And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 10:21

Then Abner answered and said, Who are you that cry to the king? ... Why then have you not kept your lord the king? ... For there came one of the people in to destroy the king, your lord. ... And now see where the king’s spear is, and the jug of water that was at his pillow.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 10:22

And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. ... Now therefore, I pray you, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. ... Now therefore let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.

(Old Covenants) 1 Samuel 10:23

And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear.