Lexicon :: Strong's H3966 - mᵊ'ōḏ

So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the LORD, because the men treated the LORD’s offering with contempt.

Now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was severe ​— ​thirty thousand of the Israelite foot soldiers fell.

After they had moved it, the LORD’s hand was against the city of Gath, causing a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, from the youngest to the oldest, with an outbreak of tumors.

The Ekronites called all the Philistine rulers together. They said, “Send the ark of Israel’s God away. Let it return to its place so it won’t kill us and our people! ”[fn] For the fear of death pervaded the city; God’s hand was oppressing them.

When Saul heard these words, the Spirit of God suddenly came powerfully on him, and his anger burned furiously.

So all the people went to Gilgal, and there in the LORD’s presence they made Saul king. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings in the LORD’s presence, and Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

Samuel called on the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

Saul and all the troops with him assembled and marched to the battle, and there the Philistines were, fighting against each other in great confusion!

The Israelites struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash all the way to Aijalon. Since the Israelites were completely exhausted,

When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.

When Saul and all Israel heard these words from the Philistine, they lost their courage and were terrified.

When all the Israelite men saw Goliath, they retreated from him terrified.

Saul was furious and resented this song. “They credited tens of thousands to David,” he complained, “but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom? ”

When Saul observed that David was very successful, he dreaded him.

Every time the Philistine commanders came out to fight, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers. So his name became well known.

so he told him, “My father, Saul, intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning and hide in a secret place and stay there.

Jonathan spoke well of David to his father, Saul. He said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David. He hasn’t sinned against you; in fact, his actions have been a great advantage to you.

“The following day hurry down and go to the place where you hid on the day this incident began and stay beside the rock Ezel.

David took this to heart and became very afraid of King Achish of Gath,

A man in Maon had a business in Carmel; he was a very rich man with three thousand sheep and one thousand goats and was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

“The men treated us very well. When we were in the field, we weren’t harassed and nothing of ours was missing the whole time we were living among them.

Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king. Nabal’s heart was cheerful,[fn] and he was very drunk, so she didn’t say anything[fn] to him until morning light.

Saul responded, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David, I will never harm you again because today you considered my life precious. I have been a fool! I’ve committed a grave error.”

When Saul saw the Philistine camp, he was afraid and his heart pounded.

“Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up? ” Samuel asked Saul.

“I’m in serious trouble,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He doesn’t answer me anymore, either through the prophets or in dreams. So I’ve called on you to tell me what I should do.”

Immediately, Saul fell flat on the ground. He was terrified by Samuel’s words and was also weak because he had not eaten anything all day and all night.

David was in an extremely difficult position because the troops talked about stoning him, for they were all very bitter over the loss of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers found him and severely wounded him.[fn]