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 a 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 title 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 messengers 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, looked around, 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 spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. 2But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David. And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill thee; and now, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place and hide thyself; 3and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and will speak of thee with my father: and see what it is, and tell thee. 4And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against thee; for also what he did was very advantageous to thee; 5for he put his life in hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou didst see it, and didst rejoice; why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, in slaying David without cause? 6And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death! 7Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan declared to him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as previously.
8And there was war again; and David went forth and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him. 9And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul. And he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David played with his hand. 10And Saul sought to smite David and the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.
11And Saul sent messengers to 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 wilt be put to death. 12And Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled and escaped. 13And Michal took the image, and laid it in the bed, and put the net of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the coverlet. 14And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, He is sick. 15And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may put him to death. 16And the messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed, and the net of goats' hair at its head. 17Then Saul said to Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I slay thee?
18And 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. 19And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth by Ramah. 20Then Saul sent messengers to take David; and they saw a company of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as president over them; and the Spirit of God#GodHebrew: Elohim came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21And it was told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. 22Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Sechu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, at Naioth by Ramah. 23And he went thither to Naioth by Ramah; and the Spirit of God#GodHebrew: Elohim came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth by Ramah. 24And he himself also stripped off his clothes, and prophesied, himself also, before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.