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-\v 1 Finally, Yahweh said to Samuel, "I have decided that I will not allow Saul to continue to be the king. So you should not keep feeling sad about what he has done. Put some olive oil in a small container and go to Bethlehem to anoint someone with the oil, and appoint him to be king. I am sending you there to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be the king of Israel."
+\v 1 Finally, Yahweh said to Samuel, "I have decided that I will not allow Saul to continue to be the king. So you should not keep feeling sad about what he has done. Put some olive oil in a small container and go to Bethlehem to anoint someone with the oil, and appoint him to be king. I am sending you there to a man named Jesse because I have chosen one of his sons to be the king of Israel."
 
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-\v 4 Samuel did what Yahweh told him to do. He went to Bethlehem. When the town leaders came to him, they trembled, because they were worried that Samuel had come to rebuke them about something. One of them asked him, "Have you come to speak peacefully to us?"
+\v 4 Samuel did what Yahweh told him to do. He went to Bethlehem. When the town leaders came to him, they trembled because they were worried that Samuel had come to rebuke them about something. One of them asked him, "Have you come to speak peacefully to us?"
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 \v 5 Samuel replied, "Yes. I have come peacefully, to make a sacrifice to Yahweh. Set yourself apart for the honor of Yahweh, and then come with me to where they will offer the sacrifice." Then Samuel set apart Jesse to do what honors God, along with his sons, and then he invited them to the sacrifice.
 
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-\v 6 When they arrived there, Samuel looked at Jesse's oldest son Eliab, and thought, "Surely this is the one whom Yahweh has appointed be king!"
+\v 6 When they arrived there, Samuel looked at Jesse's oldest son Eliab and thought, "Surely this is the one whom Yahweh has appointed be king!"
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 \v 7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Do not think that he is the one whom I have chosen because of his being handsome and very tall, because I have not chosen him. I do not evaluate people as people do. You people evaluate people by their appearance, but I evaluate people by what is in their inner beings."
 
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 \v 11 Then Samuel asked Jesse, "Do you have any other sons?" Jesse replied, "My youngest son is not here; he is out in the fields taking care of the sheep." Samuel said, "Send someone to bring him here! We will not sit down to eat until he gets here."
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-\v 12 So Jesse sent someone to bring David there. And when David arrived, Samuel saw that he was handsome and healthy, and had bright eyes. Then Yahweh said, "This is the one whom I have chosen; anoint him to be king."
+\v 12 So Jesse sent someone to bring David there. And when David arrived, Samuel saw that he was handsome and healthy and had bright eyes. Then Yahweh said, "This is the one whom I have chosen; anoint him to be king."
 
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-\v 13 So as David stood there in front of his older brothers, Samuel took the container of oil that he had brought and poured some of it on David's head to set him apart to serve God. After they all ate, Samuel left there and returned to Ramah. But Yahweh's Spirit came on David powerfully, and stayed with David for the rest of his life.
+\v 13 So as David stood there in front of his older brothers, Samuel took the container of oil that he had brought and poured some of it on David's head to set him apart to serve God. After they all ate, Samuel left there and returned to Ramah. But Yahweh's Spirit came on David powerfully and stayed with David for the rest of his life.
 
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 \v 14 But Yahweh's Spirit left Saul. Instead of his Spirit staying with Saul, Yahweh sent an evil spirit to Saul to terrify him repeatedly.
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 \v 15 One of his servants said to him, "It is evident that an evil spirit sent by God is terrifying you.
-\v 16 So we suggest that you allow us your servants here to search for a man who plays the harp well. He can play the harp whenever the evil spirit bothers you. Then you will calm down and you will be well again."
+\v 16 So we suggest that you allow us, your servants here, to search for a man who plays the harp well. He can play the harp whenever the evil spirit bothers you. Then you will calm down and you will be well again."
 
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 \v 17 Saul replied, "Fine, find for me a man who can play the harp well, and bring him to me."
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-\v 18 One of his servants said to him, "A man named Jesse, in the city of Bethlehem, has a son who plays the harp very well. Furthermore, he is a brave man, and is a capable soldier. He is handsome and he always speaks wisely. And Yahweh always protects him."
+\v 18 One of his servants said to him, "A man named Jesse, in the city of Bethlehem, has a son who plays the harp very well. Furthermore, he is a brave man and is a capable soldier. He is handsome and he always speaks wisely. And Yahweh always protects him."
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 \v 19 So Saul sent some messengers to Jesse. He told them to say to Jesse, "Send your son David to me, the one who takes care of sheep."
 
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-\v 20 So after they went and told that to Jesse, he agreed and got a young goat, a container of wine, a donkey on which he put some loaves of bread and gave them to David to take to Saul as a present.
+\v 20 So after they went and told that to Jesse, he agreed and got a young goat, a container of wine, and a donkey on which he put some loaves of bread and gave them to David to take to Saul as a present.
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 \v 21 Then David went to Saul and started to work for him. Saul liked David very much, and he became the man who carried Saul's weapons when Saul went to fight in battles.
 
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 \v 2 Saul gathered the Israelite army near Elah Valley, and they set up their tents. Then they all took their places, ready to fight the Philistines.
-\v 3 So the Philistine and Israelite armies faced each other. They were on two hills, with a valley between them.
+\v 3 So the Philistine and Israelite armies faced each other. They were on two hills with a valley between them.
 
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 \v 24 When all the Israelite soldiers saw Goliath, they were terrified and started to run away.
 
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-\v 25 They were saying to each other, "Look at him coming up toward us! And listen to him as he defies us Israelites! The king says that he will give a big reward to whoever kills this man. He also says that he will give his daughter to that man for him to marry her, and that he will no longer require that man's family to pay taxes."
+\v 25 They were saying to each other, "Look at him coming up toward us! And listen to him as he defies us Israelites! The king says that he will give a big reward to whoever kills this man. He also says that he will give his daughter to that man for him to marry her and that he will no longer require that man's family to pay taxes."
 
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 \v 26 David talked to some of the men who were standing near him. He said, "This Philistine—this uncircumcised man—should not be mocking the all-powerful God. What will be given to the person who kills this Philistine and stops him from shaming us Israelites?"
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-\v 27 The men told him the same thing that the other men had said, about what the king would do for anyone who killed Goliath.
+\v 27 The men told him the same thing that the other men had said about what the king would do for anyone who killed Goliath.
 
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 \v 32 David told King Saul, "No one should worry because of that Philistine man. Your servant will go and fight with him!"
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-\v 33 Saul said to David, "You are only a young man, and he has been a very powerful soldier all his life. So you are not able to go and fight with him!"
+\v 33 Saul said to David, "You are only a young man, and he has been a very powerful soldier all of his life. So you are not able to go and fight with him!"
 
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 \v 35 I went after it and attacked it and rescued the lamb from the animal's mouth. Then I grabbed the animal by its jaw and struck it and killed it.
 
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-\v 36 Your servant has killed both lions and bears. And I will do the same to this heathen Philistine, because he has defied the army of the all-powerful God!
+\v 36 Your servant has killed both lions and bears. And I will do the same to this heathen Philistine because he has defied the army of the all-powerful God!
 
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 \v 37 Yahweh has rescued me from paws of lions and bears, and he will rescue me from this Philistine!" Then Saul said to David, "All right, go and fight him, and I hope that Yahweh will help you!"
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 \v 39 David put these things on. Then he fastened his sword over them and tried to walk. But he could not walk, because he was not accustomed to wearing those things. So David said to Saul, "I cannot fight wearing all these things, because I am not accustomed to wearing them!" So he took them off.
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-\v 40 Then he took his walking staff; then he chose five smooth stones out of a streambed. He put them in the pouch of his shoulder bag. Then he put his sling in his hand and started walking toward Goliath.
+\v 40 Then he took his walking staff and he chose five smooth stones out of a streambed. He put them in the pouch of his shoulder bag. Then he put his sling in his hand and started walking toward Goliath.
 
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 \v 41 Goliath walked toward David, with the soldier who was carrying his shield walking in front of him. When he got near David,
-\v 42 he looked at David closely. He saw that David had a handsome face and healthy body, but that he was only a young man. So he sneered at David.
+\v 42 he looked at David closely. He saw that David had a handsome face and healthy body but that he was only a young man. So he sneered at David.
 \v 43 He said to David, "Are you coming to me with a stick because you think that I am a dog?" Then he called out to his gods to harm David.
 
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 \v 48 As Goliath came closer to attack David, David ran quickly toward him.
-\v 49 He put his hand into his shoulder bag and took out one stone. He put in his sling and hurled it toward Goliath. The stone hit Goliath in the forehead and cracked his skull, and he fell facedown to the ground.
+\v 49 He put his hand into his shoulder bag and took out one stone. He put it in his sling and hurled it toward Goliath. The stone hit Goliath in the forehead and cracked his skull, and he fell facedown to the ground.
 
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 \v 6 But when the men in the army were returning home after David had killed Goliath, Israelite women came out from many cities and towns. They greeted King Saul while they were singing and dancing very joyfully, playing tambourines and lyres.
 \v 7 As they danced, they sang this song:
 \q1 "Saul has killed a thousand enemy soldiers,
-\q2 But David has killed ten thousand of them."
+\q2 but David has killed ten thousand of them."
 
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-\v 8 When Saul heard them singing that, he did not like it. He became very angry. He said to himself, "They are saying that David killed ten thousand men, but that I have killed only one thousand. Soon they will want to make him their king!"
+\v 8 When Saul heard them singing that, he did not like it. He became very angry. He said to himself, "They are saying that David killed ten thousand men but that I have killed only one thousand. Soon they will want to make him their king!"
 \v 9 From that time, Saul watched David very closely because he was suspicious that David would try to become king.
 
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 \v 13 So he appointed David as a commander of a thousand soldiers and sent David away from him, hoping that David would be killed in a battle. But when David led his soldiers in their battles,
-\v 14 he always had great success, because Yahweh was helping him.
+\v 14 he always had great success because Yahweh was helping him.
 
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 \v 15 When Saul heard that David and his soldiers were very successful, he became more afraid of David.
-\v 16 But all the people of Israel and of Judah loved David, because he led the soldiers very successfully in the battles.
+\v 16 But all the people of Israel and Judah loved David because he led the soldiers very successfully in the battles.
 
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 \v 20 However, Saul's other daughter, Michal, fell in love with David. When they told Saul about that, he was pleased.
-\v 21 He thought, "I will give Michal to him, in order that she may trap him, and the Philistines will be able to kill him." So he said to David, "You can marry Michal," and by saying that, he indicated for the second time that David would become his son-in-law.
+\v 21 He thought, "I will give Michal to him so that she may trap him, and the Philistines will be able to kill him." So he said to David, "You can marry Michal," and by saying that, he indicated for the second time that David would become his son-in-law.
 
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 \v 26 When the servants told that to David, he was very pleased that he could become the king's son-in-law by doing that. The king had said how many days he would allow for David to do that.
 
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-\v 27 But before that time ended, David and his men went and killed, not one hundred, but two hundred Philistines! He brought their foreskins to Saul, and counted them while Saul was watching, in order to prove that he had fulfilled what the king required so that he could become Saul's son-in-law. So then Saul was obligated to allow David to marry his daughter Michal.
+\v 27 But before that time ended, David and his men went and killed, not one hundred, but two hundred Philistines! He brought their foreskins to Saul and counted them while Saul was watching, in order to prove that he had fulfilled what the king required so that he could become Saul's son-in-law. So then Saul was obligated to allow David to marry his daughter Michal.
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-\v 28 But when Saul realized that Yahweh was helping David, and that his daughter loved David,
+\v 28 But when Saul realized that Yahweh was helping David and that his daughter loved David,
 \v 29 he became more afraid of David. So as long as Saul lived, he was David's enemy.
 
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