Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
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Richard Challoner
AD 1781
There was a long war between the house of Saul: Rather a strife or emulation than a war with arms; it lasted five years and a half.