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When his elder brother Eliab overheard the talk, he turned upon David in anger; Why hast thou come here? he asked. Why must that sorry flock of thine go astray in the desert? This is thy old self-conceit, thy old cunning; thou hast come here only to watch the battle! (1 Samuel 17, 28)
and he was summoned ere long into Saul’s presence. There is nothing here, he said, to daunt any man’s spirits; I, my lord, will go and do battle with the Philistine. (1 Samuel 17, 32)
What, answered Saul, thou meet the Philistine and engage him in battle? Why, thou art only a boy, and this is a man trained to arms from his youth. (1 Samuel 17, 33)
prove to all who stand about us that the Lord sends victory without the help of sword or spear. God rules the battle; he will put you at our mercy. (1 Samuel 17, 47)
he was in high favour, too, with the men of Israel and Juda, marching out to battle at their head. (1 Samuel 18, 16)
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)
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)
It happened at this time that the Philistines mustered all their array, to levy war on Israel. Be sure of this, said Achis to David, that thou and thy men shall march at my side to battle. (1 Samuel 28, 1)
But the chiefs of the Philistines took it amiss; Let this fellow go home, they said, and remain at the post thou hast allotted to him. He must not march into battle at our side; who knows whether he will turn against us when once we are engaged? What other peace-offering can such a man bring to his old master but these heads of ours? (1 Samuel 29, 4)
So Achis sent for David, and said to him, As the Lord is a living God, I know thee for a good man and true; thy place is at my side in battle, and never to this day from the day when first thou camest to me have I had any fault to find with thee. But the chiefs look askance at thee; (1 Samuel 29, 6)
Nay, answered Achis, I can vouch for it that to myself thou art welcome as an angel of God; but the chiefs of the Philistines have decreed, He shall not go to battle with us. (1 Samuel 29, 9)
