Quotes About Family

Then Saulís anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?

Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his fatherís shameful treatment of David.

So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his fatherís household heard about it, they went down to him there.

From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”

So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.

Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”

Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his fatherís whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.

“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.

So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my fatherís house.”

and say to him, ëLong life to you, and peace to you and your house and to all that belongs to you.

But Saul had given his daughter Michal, Davidís wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.

David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.

When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.

The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saulís sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.

Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his fatherís tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.