And let us get back for ourselves the ark of our God: for in the days of Saul we did not go to it for directions.

So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.

And he got directions from the Lord for him, and gave him food, and put in his hand the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.

So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

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And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.

The ark

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The ark

So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

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And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.
And he got directions from the Lord for him, and gave him food, and put in his hand the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

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And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;

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