Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (1 Samuel Chapter 1 to 31)

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 27:5 (NLT)
One day David said to Achish, "If it is all right with you, we would rather live in one of the country towns instead of here in the royal city."

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 27:6 (NLT)
So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag (which still belongs to the Kings of Judah to this day),

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 27:7 (NLT)
And they lived there among the Phillistines for a year and four months.

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 27:8 (NLT)
David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Gerzites, and the Amalekites - people who had lived near Shur, toward the land of Egypt, since ancient times.

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 27:9 (NLT)
David did not leave one person alive in the villages he attacked. He took the sheep, goats, cattle, donkeys, and clothing before returning home to see King Achish.

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 27:10 (NLT)
"Where did you make your raid today?" Achish would ask.
And David would reply, "Against the south of Judah, the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites."

 

[Pastor Gary]

1 Samuel 28:1 (NLT) - 1 About that time the Philistines mustered their armies for another war with Israel. King Achish told David, “You and your men will be expected to join me in battle.”

 

[Pastor Gary]

1 Samuel 28:2 (NLT) - 2 “Very well!” David agreed. “Now you will see for yourself what we can do.”Then Achish told David, “I will make you my personal bodyguard for life.”

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 27:11 (NLT)
No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and again while he was living among the Philistines.

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 27:12 (NLT)
Achish believed David and thought to himself, " by now the people of Israel must hate him bitterly. Now he will have to stay here and serve me forever."

 

[PaducahLuke]

1 Samuel 28:3 (NLT)

3 Meanwhile, Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him. He was buried in Ramah, his hometown. And Saul had banned from the land of Israel all mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead.

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 28:4 (NLT)
The Philistines set up their camp at Shunem, and Saul gathered all the army of Israel and camped at Gilboa.

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 28:5 (NLT)
When Saul saw the vast Philistine army he became frantic with fear.

 

[PaducahLuke]

1 Samuel 28:6 (NLT)

6 He asked the LORD what he should do, but the LORD refused to answer him, either by dreams or by sacred lots or by the prophets.

 

[PaducahLuke]

1 Samuel 28:7 (NLT)

7 Saul then said to his advisers, “Find a woman who is a medium, so I can go and ask her what to do.”His advisers replied, “There is a medium at Endor.”

 

[PaducahLuke]

1 Samuel 28:8 (NLT)

8 So Saul disguised himself by wearing ordinary clothing instead of his royal robes. Then he went to the woman’s home at night, accompanied by two of his men.“I have to talk to a man who has died,” he said. “Will you call up his spirit for me?”

 

[PaducahLuke]

1 Samuel 28:9 (NLT)

9 “Are you trying to get me killed?” the woman demanded. “You know that Saul has outlawed all the mediums and all who consult the spirits of the dead. Why are you setting a trap for me?”

 

[Pastor Gary]

1 Samuel 28:10 (NLT) - 10 But Saul took an oath in the name of the LORD and promised, “As surely as the LORD lives, nothing bad will happen to you for doing this.”

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 28:11 (NLT)
Finally the woman said, "Well whose spirit do you want me to call up?"
"Call up Samuel" Saul replied.

 

[Cosia]

1 Samuel 28:12 (NLT)
When the woman saw Samuel she screamed,
"You've deceived me! You are Saul!"