Fondare 2189 Risultati per: King Saul
and the talk went round among them, Saw you this warrior that went by? He has challenged Israel; and great good fortune awaits the man who overcomes him. The king has promised such a man great riches, and his daughter’s hand in marriage, and for his father’s house, freedom from every tax levied in Israel. (1 Samuel 17, 25)
What David had said was soon noised abroad, till it came to the ears of Saul; (1 Samuel 17, 31)
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)
But David told Saul, My lord, I used to feed my father’s flock; and if lion or bear came and carried off one of my rams, (1 Samuel 17, 34)
The Lord, said David, who protected me against lion and bear, will protect me against this Philistine.Why then, said Saul, go, and the Lord be with thee. (1 Samuel 17, 37)
and David, as he girded on a sword over his armour, tried whether he had strength to walk in this unwonted array. Nay, he told Saul, I cannot walk, so clad; it was never my wont. So he disarmed, (1 Samuel 17, 39)
Saul, as he watched him going out to meet the Philistine, had asked the commander of his men, Abner, from what stock this boy came. On thy life, my lord, said Abner, I cannot tell. (1 Samuel 17, 55)
So the king bade him find out who the boy’s father was; (1 Samuel 17, 56)
and David fresh from his victory, was taken by Abner into Saul’s presence, still carrying the Philistine’s head with him. (1 Samuel 17, 57)
And when Saul asked of his lineage, David told him, I am the son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite.✻ (1 Samuel 17, 58)
By the time he had finished speaking with Saul, David’s heart was knit to the heart of Jonathan by a close bond, and Jonathan loved David thenceforward as dearly as his own life. (1 Samuel 18, 1)
