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Finally Saul agreed and vowed, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”

Afterwards Jonathan called David and told him what had happened. Then he took David to Saul and everything was as it had been before. War broke out shortly after that, and David led his troops against the Philistines and slaughtered many of them, and put to flight their entire army.

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Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be put to death.”

So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.(A)

Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.

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