1 Samuel 19
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David Delivered from Saul
1Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David.#1Sm 18:8–9 But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much,#1Sm 18:1–3 2so he told him, “My father, Saul, intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning and hide in a secret place and stay there. 3I’ll go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are and talk to him about you. When I see what he says, I’ll tell you.”#1Sm 20:32–33
4Jonathan spoke well of David to his father, Saul. He said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David.#Gn 44:22; Pr 17:13; Jr 18:20 He hasn’t sinned against you; in fact, his actions have been a great advantage to you. 5He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine,#1Sm 17:42–51 and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel.#1Sm 11:13 You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?” #Dt 19:10–13; 1Sm 20:32
6Saul listened to Jonathan’s advice and swore an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be killed.” 7So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these words. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he did before.#1Sm 16:21; 18:2,10,13
8When war broke out again, David went out and fought against the Philistines. He defeated them with such great force that they fled from him.
9Now an evil spirit sent from the Lord#1Sm 16:14; 18:10–11 came on Saul as he was sitting in his palace holding a spear.#1Sm 18:10 David was playing the lyre,#1Sm 16:14–16; 18:10 10and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear.#1Sm 18:11; 20:33 As the spear struck the wall, David eluded Saul, ran away, and escaped that night. 11Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning.#Ps 59 But his wife Michal#1Sm 18:20 warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!” 12So she lowered David from the window, and he fled and escaped.#Jos 2:15; Ac 9:23–25 13Then Michal took the household idol and put it on the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment. 14When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, “He’s sick.”#Jos 2:5
15Saul sent the agents back to see David and said, “Bring him on his bed so I can kill him.” 16When the agents arrived, to their surprise, the household idol was on the bed with some goat hair on its head.
17Saul asked Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!”
She answered him, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you? ’”
18So David fled and escaped and went to Samuel at Ramah#1Sm 7:17 and told him everything Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel left and stayed at Naioth.#2Kg 6:1–2
19When it was reported to Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah, 20he sent agents to seize David.#1Sm 19:11; Jn 7:32 However, when they saw the group of prophets prophesying#1Sm 10:5–6,10 with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came on Saul’s agents, and they also started prophesying. 21When they reported to Saul, he sent other agents, and they also began prophesying.#Nm 11:25 So Saul tried again and sent a third group of agents, and even they began prophesying. 22Then Saul himself went to Ramah. He came to the large cistern at Secu and asked, “Where are Samuel and David?”
“At Naioth in Ramah,” someone said.
23So he went to Naioth in Ramah. The Spirit of God also came on him,#1Sm 10:10 and as he walked along, he prophesied until he entered Naioth in Ramah. 24Saul then removed his clothes and also prophesied before Samuel; he collapsed and lay naked#Is 20:2; Mc 1:8 all that day and all that night. That is why they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?” #1Sm 10:5–13
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1 Samuel 19
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1And Saul speaketh unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, to put David to death,
2and Jonathan son of Saul delighted exceedingly in David, and Jonathan declareth to David, saying, ‘Saul my father is seeking to put thee to death, and, now, take heed, I pray thee, in the morning, and thou hast abode in a secret place, and been hidden,
3and I — I go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where thou [art], and I speak of thee unto my father, and have seen what [is coming], and have declared to thee.’
4And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, ‘Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee [are] very good;
5yea, he putteth his life in his hand, and smiteth the Philistine, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation for all Israel; thou hast seen, and dost rejoice, and why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?’
6And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, ‘Jehovah liveth — he doth not die.’
7And Jonathan calleth for David, and Jonathan declareth to him all these words, and Jonathan bringeth in David unto Saul, and he is before him as heretofore.
8And there addeth to be war, and David goeth out and fighteth against the Philistines, and smiteth among them — a great smiting, and they flee from his face.
9And a spirit of sadness [from] Jehovah is unto Saul, and he is sitting in his house, and his javelin in his hand, and David is playing with the hand,
10and Saul seeketh to smite with the javelin through David, and through the wall, and he freeth himself from the presence of Saul, and he smiteth the javelin through the wall; and David hath fled and escapeth during that night.
11And Saul sendeth messengers unto the house of David to watch him, and to put him to death in the morning; and Michal his wife declareth to David, saying, ‘If thou art not delivering thy life to-night — tomorrow thou art put to death.’
12And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth;
13and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats' [hair] she hath put [for] his pillows, and covereth with a garment.
14And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and she saith, ‘He [is] sick.’
15And Saul sendeth the messengers to see David, saying, ‘Bring him up in the bed unto me,’ — to put him to death.
16And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats' [hair], [for] his pillows.
17And Saul saith unto Michal, ‘Why thus hast thou deceived me — that thou dost send away mine enemy, and he is escaped?’ and Michal saith unto Saul, ‘He said unto me, Send me away: why do I put thee to death?’
18And David hath fled, and is escaped, and cometh in unto Samuel to Ramath, and declareth to him all that Saul hath done to him, and he goeth, he and Samuel, and they dwell in Naioth.
19And it is declared to Saul, saying, ‘Lo, David [is] in Naioth in Ramah.’
20And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and they see the assembly of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing, set over them, and the Spirit of God is on Saul's messengers, and they prophesy — they also.
21And they declare [it] to Saul, and he sendeth other messengers, and they prophesy — they also; and Saul addeth and sendeth messengers a third time, and they prophesy — they also.
22And he goeth — he also — to Ramath, and cometh in unto the great well which [is] in Sechu, and asketh, and saith, ‘Where [are] Samuel and David?’ and [one] saith, ‘Lo, in Naioth in Ramah.’
23And he goeth thither — unto Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God is upon him — him also; and he goeth, going on, and he prophesieth till his coming in to Naioth in Ramah,
24and he strippeth off — he also — his garments, and prophesieth — he also — before Samuel, and falleth down naked all that day and all the night; therefore they say, ‘Is Saul also among the prophets?’
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