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A few days afterwards, he set out with the men under his command, slew two hundred Philistines, and brought back their foreskins, which he counted out before the king as the price of his bride. And now Saul must give David his daughter Michol’s hand. (1 Samuel 18, 27)
Meanwhile, the Philistine chiefs came out to battle; David, from the time when their attacks began, shewed greater skill than all the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name was in high renown. (1 Samuel 18, 30)
And when war broke out afresh, David went into battle against the Philistines, and won a great victory, putting them to rout. (1 Samuel 19, 8)
News was brought to David that the Philistines were attacking Ceila, and plundering its threshing-floors. (1 Samuel 23, 1)
So he consulted the Lord, asking whether he should go and attack these Philistines; and the Lord answered, attack them he should, and bring the townspeople relief. (1 Samuel 23, 2)
But David’s followers protested, Here are we going in fear of our lives, even on the soil of Juda; and wouldst thou have us make our way to Ceila, and fight the army of the Philistines? (1 Samuel 23, 3)
So David consulted the Lord again, and still the Lord said, Up, and to Ceila betake thee; I will give thee victory over the Philistines. (1 Samuel 23, 4)
So David and his men marched there and made war on the Philistines, driving off their cattle; he defeated them with great loss, and the town was rid of them. (1 Samuel 23, 5)
But a message reached Saul, Come with all speed; the Philistines have invaded the land. (1 Samuel 23, 27)
Whereupon Saul must needs give up his pursuit of David, and go back to meet the Philistines. That is how the place came by the name it bears, the Sundering Rock. (1 Samuel 23, 28)
So, when Saul returned from driving the Philistines away, word was brought to him, David is over yonder, in the desert of Engaddi; (1 Samuel 24, 2)
As the Lord is a living God, David said, I will wait for the Lord to smite him down, till death comes to him, or he falls on the field of battle. (1 Samuel 26, 10)
