http://ldssd.org/Read your scriptures each day along with your newshttp://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-23/en David smites Philistines and saves Keilah—He continues to flee from Saul—Jonathan comforts him in Ziph. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-22/en David gains followers—He goes from one place to another, fleeing from Saul—Saul slays the priests who showed kindness to David. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-21/en David gets help from Ahimelech the priest—He eats the shewbread—He goes to Gath, where he feigns madness. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-20/en David and Jonathan make a covenant of friendship and peace—They take leave of each other. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-19/en Saul seeks to kill David—Michal saves David by artifice—David joins Samuel and the company of prophets. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-18/en Jonathan loves David—Saul sets David over his armies—David is honored by the people, and Saul becomes jealous—David marries Michal, a daughter of Saul. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-17/en Israel and the Philistines engage in war—Goliath of Gath, a giant, defies Israel, and challenges any Israelite to personal combat—David goes against him in the name of the Lord—David slays Goliath with a sling and a stone—Israel defeats the Philistines. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-16/en The Lord chooses David of Beth-lehem as king—He is anointed by Samuel—Saul chooses David as his companion and armourbearer. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-15/en Saul commanded to smite and destroy the Amalekites and all that they have—He saves some animals to sacrifice—Saul is rejected from being king, and told that to obey is better than sacrifice—Samuel destroys Agag. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-14/en Jonathan smites garrison of the Philistines—Saul adjures the people to eat no food until evening—Unaware of the oath, Jonathan eats, and Saul decrees his death—He is rescued by the people—Saul vexes enemies on every hand. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-13/en Saul offers a burnt offering, and the Lord rejects him and chooses another captain over his people. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-12/en Samuel testifies of his own just dealings in Israel—He reproves the people for their ingratitude—He exhorts them to keep the commandments, lest the Lord consume them and their king. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-11/en Ammonites encamp against Israelites of Jabesh-gilead—Saul rescues them and wreaks havoc upon Ammonites—His kingship is renewed in Gilgal. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-10/en Samuel anoints Saul to be captain over the Lord’s inheritance—Samuel manifests gift of seership—Saul prophesies among the prophets, and the Lord gives him a new heart—He is chosen king at Mizpeh. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-9/en Saul the son of Kish, a Benjamite, is a choice and goodly person—He is sent to seek his father’s asses—The Lord reveals to Samuel the seer that Saul is to be king—Saul goes to Samuel and is entertained by him. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-8/en Samuel’s sons take bribes and pervert judgment—Israel seeks for a king to rule over them—Samuel rehearses the nature and evils of kingly rule—The Lord consents to give them a king. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-7/en Samuel exhorts Israel to forsake Ashtaroth and Baalim and serve the Lord—Israel fasts and seeks the Lord—Philistines are subdued—Samuel judges Israel. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-6/en Philistines send back the ark with an offering—The Lord smites and slays Israelites in Beth-shemesh who look into the ark. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-5/en Philistines place the ark in house of Dagon their god—Philistines in Ashdod, then Gath, and then Ekron are plagued and slain because the ark is lodged with them. http://ldssd.org/read/ot-1sam-4/en Israelites smitten and defeated by Philistines, who also capture the ark of God—Eli’s sons slain; he dies in an accident; and his daughter-in-law dies in childbirth.