18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
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And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-24)Here is, I. David’s place of refuge. Having got away in the night from his own house, he fled not to Bethlehem to his relations, nor to any of the cities of Israel that had caressed and cried him up, to make an interest in them for his own preservation; but he ran straight to Samuel and told him all that Saul had done to him , 1 Sam. 19:18. 1. Because Samuel was the man that had given him assuranc…
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