1 Samuel - 19
1 - And Saul - spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David - .
2 - 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?
