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1 Samuel 19 |
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And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants,
that they should kill David. |
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But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan
told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now
therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning,
and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: |
3 |
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field
where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and
what I see, that I will tell thee. |
4 |
And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and
said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against
David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his
works have been to thee-ward very good: |
5 |
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine,
and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou
sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin
against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? |
6 |
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul
sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. |
7 |
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those
things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his
presence, as in times past. |
8 |
And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with
the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they
fled from him. |
9 |
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in
his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his
hand. |
10 |
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the
javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote
the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that
night. |
11 |
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him,
and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him,
saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt
be slain. |
12 |
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and
fled, and escaped. |
13 |
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a
pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a
cloth. |
14 |
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is
sick. |
15 |
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying,
Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. |
16 |
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an
image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his
bolster. |
17 |
And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and
sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered
Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? |
18 |
So 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. |
19 |
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in
Ramah. |
20 |
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the
company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as
appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of
Saul, and they also prophesied. |
21 |
And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they
prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third
time, and they prophesied also. |
22 |
Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is
in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And
one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. |
23 |
And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God
was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came
to Naioth in Ramah. |
24 |
And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before
Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all
that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the
prophets? |