Good evening and welcome back to Bedtime Bible Stories for adults.

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Chris, Kimberly, Tiffany, Amber, Michael, and Lisa for their support of this podcast.

And a special thank you to Christopher for his continued generous donations.

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You all have been so generous, and I still want to acknowledge your support.

I had a difficult time deciding on tonight's episode.

It's amazing how much of the Bible there is still left that we could read.

I honestly can't remember why, but something drew me back to another part of King Saul's story.

I didn't realize that Jonathan was probably much older than David.

He was already going into battle when David was just a boy.

We will be hearing about Saul and his son Jonathan and their ongoing war with the Philistines.

We are reading 1 Samuel chapters 13 through 15.

Sweet dreams.

Sweet dreams. Close your eyes.

Slowly begin to relax your muscles.

From your neck to your shoulders, to your arms, your hands, your hands, and fingers, your back, your legs, your calves, all the way to your toes.

Let the weight of your body sink into your bed and pillow breathe in deeply and breathe out slowly empty your mind of any burdens or worries and give them to God and prepare to listen to the Word of God.

Saul was 30 years old when he became king,

and he reigned over Israel 42 years.

Saul chose 3,000 men from Israel.

2,000 were with him at McMash

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