CHAPTER XXI. THE FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL 241 CHAPTER XXII. DAVID ANOINTED BY SAMUEL 253 CHAPTER XXIII. DAVID'S EARLY LIFE 265 CHAPTER XXIV. DAVID'S CONFLICT WITH GOLIATH 278 CHAPTER XXV. SAUL'S JEALOUSY--DAVID'S MARRIAGE 292 CHAPTER XXVI. SAUL'S FURTHER EFFORTS AGAINST DAVID 305 CHAPTER XXVII. DAVID AND JONATHAN 317 CHAPTER XXVIII. DAVID AT NOB AND AT GATH 329 CHAPTER XXIX. DAVID AT ADULLAM, MIZPEH, AND HARETH 341 CHAPTER XXX. DAVID AT KEILAH, ZIPH, AND MAON 354 CHAPTER XXXI. DAVID TWICE SPARES THE LIFE OF SAUL 366 CHAPTER XXXII. DAVID AND NABAL 378 CHAPTER XXXIII. DAVID'S SECOND FLIGHT TO GATH 391 CHAPTER XXXIV. SAUL AT ENDOR 404 CHAPTER XXXV. DAVID AT ZIKLAG 416 CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DEATH OF SAUL 429 CHAPTER I. _HANNAH'S TRIAL AND TRUST._ 1 SAMUEL i 1-18. The prophet Samuel, like the book which bears his name, comes in as a connecting link between the Judges and the Kings of Israel. He belonged to a transition period. It was appointed to him to pilot the nation between two stages of its history: from a republic to a monarchy; from a condition of somewhat casual and indefinite arrangements to one of more systematic and orderly government. The great object of his life was to secure that this change should be made in the way most beneficial for the nation, and especially most beneficial for its spiritual interests. Care must be taken that while becoming like the nations in having a king, Israel shall not become like them in religion, but shall continue to stand out in hearty and unswerving allegiance to the law and covenant of their fathers' God.