Quotes About History

But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.

And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

Saulís father Kish and Abnerís father Ner were sons of Abiel.

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëI witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.

Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,

So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

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

That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.

And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.

to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;

and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

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

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

ëWho are you?í he asked. So I told him, ëI am an Amalekite.í

and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

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

And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.