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I SAMUEL ยท Chapter 19
19:1 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that
they should kill David.
19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan
told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, I
pray you, take heed to yourself until the morning, and abide in a secret
place, and hide yourself:
19:3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where
you are, and I will commune with my father of you; and what I see, that
I will tell you.
19:4 And Jonathan spoke good of David unto Saul his father, and said
unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because
he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been toward you
very good:
19:5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine,
and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: you saw it, and
did rejoice: wherefore then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay
David without a cause?
19:6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore,
As the LORD lives, he shall not be slain.
19:7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things.
And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times
past.
19:8 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.
19:9 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.
19:10 And Saul sought to strike David even to the wall with the javelin:
but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he stroke the javelin into
the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
19:11 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
you save not your life to night, tomorrow you shall be slain.
19:12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled,
and escaped.
19:13 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.
19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is
sick.
19:15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring
him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image
in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
19:17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why have you 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 you?
19:18 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.
19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
19:20 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.
19:21 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.
19:22 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.
19:23 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.
19:24 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?
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