1 Samuel 19
19
Jonathan Intercedes for David
1Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants about killing David, but Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much.#Literally “delighted in David very” 2So Jonathan informed David, saying, “My father Saul is trying to kill you; now please take care! In the morning you should stay in the hiding place and conceal yourself. 3I will go out and stand at my father’s side#Literally “at the hand of my father” in the field where you are, and I will speak about you to my father; if I find out anything#Literally “if I see and what?” I will tell it to you.” 4So Jonathan spoke well about David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his service for you has been very good. 5He put his life in his hand and attacked the Philistine, and Yahweh brought about a great victory for all of Israel, and you saw it and rejoiced! Now why should you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?” 6And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore, “As Yahweh lives,#Literally “the life of Yahweh” he will not be put to death!” 7Jonathan called to David and told him all of these words. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul and he was before him as formerly.#Literally “yesterday three days ago”
David Has to Flee Again
8War came again, so David went out and fought against the Philistines and defeated them thoroughly#Literally “he struck them down with a great blow” so that they fled before him. 9Then the evil spirit from Yahweh came upon Saul while he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing a stringed instrument in his hand. 10So Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear,#Literally “to strike with the spear on David and to the wall” but he eluded Saul,#Literally “he escaped from the presence of Saul” so that he struck the spear into the wall, and David fled and escaped that same night.
11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard him and to kill him in the morning, but Michal his wife told David, saying, “If you do not save your life#Literally “you are not saving your life” tonight, then tomorrow you will be killed!” 12So Michal lowered David through the window, and he went and fled and escaped. 13Then Michal took the household god#Hebrew teraphim and put it on the bed and put a quilt of goat’s hair at its head and covered it with the clothes. 14And Saul sent messengers to arrest David, but she said, “He is ill.” 15So Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, so that I can kill him.” 16When the messengers came, to their surprise#Literally “and look” the idol was on the bed with the quilt of goat’s hair at the head. 17Then Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and sent away my enemy, so that he escaped?” Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go, why should I kill you?’ ”
18So David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. 19And it was told to Saul, “David is in Naioth in Ramah.” 20So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing as chief over them, then the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied. 21So they told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Again Saul sent messengers a third time, and they also prophesied. 22Then he also went to Ramah. When he came to the great cistern which was in Secu, he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” Someone said, “Look they are in Naioth in Ramah.” 23So he went there to Naioth in Ramah and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and he walked along prophesying#Literally “he went going and he prophesied” until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24He also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay naked all that day and all night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
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1 Samuel 19
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Saul Tries to Kill David
1#1Sa 18:1And Saul spoke to Jonathan, his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted very much in David. 2Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore, be on guard in the morning; stay in a secret place and hide yourself. 3#1Sa 20:9; 20:13And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. Then I will speak about you to my father, and what I observe I will report to you.”
4#Jer 18:20; Ge 42:22; 1Sa 20:32Jonathan spoke positively of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good toward you. 5#1Sa 11:13; 1Ch 11:14For he took his life in his hand and struck down the Philistine, and the Lord made a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Now why then would you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without cause?”
6So Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and Saul vowed, “As the Lord lives, he will not be killed.”
7#1Sa 16:21; 18:2Jonathan called David, and Jonathan reported to him all these words. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as previously.
8Then there was war again, and David went out and fought with the Philistines. He slew them with a great slaughter and they fled from him.
9#1Sa 16:14; 18:10–11Now an evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing the lyre. 10#1Sa 20:33; 18:11Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence. He struck the spear into the wall. But David fled and escaped that night.
11#Jdg 16:2; Ps 59:1–17Saul also sent messengers to the house of David, to watch him and to slay him in the morning. But Michal, wife of David, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead.” 12#Jos 2:15; Ac 9:24–25So Michal let David down through a window, and he went and fled to safety. 13#Ge 31:19; Jdg 18:14Michal took an idol and laid it in the bed, and put a braided goat hair pillow for its head and covered it with clothes.
14#Jos 2:5When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
15Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.” 16When the messengers came in, there was the idol in the bed with a goat hair pillow for its head.
17#2Sa 2:22Saul said to Michal, “Why have you betrayed me and sent away my enemy, so that he escaped?”
And Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’ ”
18#1Sa 7:17Now David fled, and he escaped and came to Samuel at Ramah. And he reported to him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. 19It was told Saul, saying, “David is at Naioth in Ramah.” 20#Jn 7:32; 1Sa 10:10; Joel 2:28Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel taking his stand over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul and they also prophesied. 21When it was reported to Saul, he sent other messengers. And they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers again a third time, and they too prophesied. 22Then he also went to Ramah and came to the great well that is in Seku. And he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?”
And one said, “They are at Naioth in Ramah.
23#1Sa 10:10; 19:20He went there to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God came upon him also. And he went on and he prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24#2Sa 6:20; Isa 20:2He stripped off his clothes and he also prophesied before Samuel. And he lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
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