Sends messengers to Jesse, asking that David be sent to him as a musician and an armor-bearer (1 Samuel 16:17-23)
Defeats the Philistines after Goliath is killed by David (1 Samuel 17)
His jealousy of David; gives his daughter, Michal, to David to be his wife; becomes David's enemy (1 Samuel 18)
Tries to kill David; Jonathan intercedes and incurs his father's displeasure; David's loyalty to Jonathan; Saul's temporary remorse; prophesies (1 Samuel 19)
Hears Doeg against Ahimelech, and kills the priest and his family. pursues David to wilderness of Ziph; the Ziphites betray David to (1 Samuel 23)
David is again betrayed to, by the Ziphites; Saul pursues him to the hill of Hachilah; his life spared again by David; his confession, and his blessing upon David (1 Samuel 26)
Kills the Gibeonites; crime avenged by the death of seven of his sons (2 Samuel 21:1-9)
His kingdom invaded by Philistines; seeks counsel of the witch of En-dor, who foretells his own death (1 Samuel 28:3-25; 29:1)
Is defeated, and is killed with some of his sons (1 Samuel 31)
