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And
Saul spake
to
Jonathan
his son ,
and to
all his servants ,
that
they
should
kill David.
Then
Saul ordered
his son Jonathan
and all his servants to
kill David. But
Jonathan
delighted
greatly
in
David,
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:
so
he
warned
David, saying, “
My father Saul
intends
to kill you.
Be
on
your
guard
in
the morning ;
find
a secret place and hide there.
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
.
I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you
are
, so
I can
ask
about
you.
And if
I find
out
anything
, I will tell you
. ”
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:
Then
Jonathan spoke
well
of David to
his father Saul
and said to
him, “
The king should
not
sin against his servant David; he has
not sinned against you.
In
fact
, his actions
have been highly
beneficial
to you.
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
?
He took
his life in his hands
when
he
struck
down
the Philistine, and the LORD worked
a great salvation for all Israel .
You
saw
it and rejoiced,
so
why
would
you
sin against innocent blood by
killing
David for
no
reason
? ”
And
Saul hearkened
unto
the voice of Jonathan :
and Saul
sware,
As the LORD liveth
, he
shall
not be slain
.
Saul listened
to
the voice of Jonathan and swore
an
oath:
“
As surely
as
the LORD lives
, David
will
not be put
to
death
. ”
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
.
So
Jonathan summoned
David and told
him all these
things. Then
Jonathan brought David to Saul to
serve
him
as he
had
before
.
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.
When
war broke
out
again ,
David went out and fought the Philistines and struck
them with such
a mighty
blow
that
they fled before
him.
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
.
But
as Saul
was
sitting
in his house with his spear
in his hand ,
a
spirit
of
distress
from
the
LORD
came
upon
him
. While
David
was
playing
the
harp,
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.
Saul tried
to pin
him
to the wall with his
spear.
But the spear
struck
the wall and David eluded
him
, ran
away,
and escaped that night.
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.
Then
Saul sent messengers to
David’s
house to watch him and kill
him in the morning .
But
David’s
wife Michal
warned
him, “
If you
do
not run
for
your
life tonight
, tomorrow
you
will
be dead!”
So Michal let
David down
through
a
window :
and
he
went
, and fled,
and escaped.
So Michal lowered
David from
the
window, and he
ran
away
and escaped.
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
.
Then
Michal took a
household
idol
and laid it in the bed, placed
some
goat
hair on
its
head
, and covered it with a garment
.
And
when Saul sent messengers to take
David, she
said, He is sick
.
When Saul sent the
messengers to seize
David, Michal
said, “
He is ill
. ”
And
Saul sent the messengers again
to see David ,
saying
, Bring him up to me in the
bed ,
that
I may
slay
him.
But
Saul sent the messengers back
to see David and
told
them
, “
Bring him up to me in his
bed so
I can
kill
him. ”
And when the messengers were
come
in,
behold
, there was an
image
in the bed ,
with a
pillow
of goats '
hair for
his
bolster
.
And when the messengers entered
, there was the
idol
in the bed with the
quilt
of goats ’
hair on
its
head
.
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?
And Saul said to
Michal, “
Why did
you
deceive
me like
this?
You
sent my
enemy away
and
he has
escaped !”
Michal replied
, “
He said to
me, ‘Help
me get
away,
or
I will
kill you!’”
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.
So David ran
away
and escaped .
And he
went
to Samuel at
Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then
he and Samuel went to
Naioth and
stayed
there
.
And
it
was told Saul,
saying,
Behold,
David is
at Naioth in Ramah .
When
Saul
was told that
David was
at Naioth in Ramah ,
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
.
he
sent messengers to capture
him.
But
when they saw the group
of prophets prophesying, with
Samuel leading
them, the Spirit of God came
upon them
, and Saul’s
messengers
also began
to
prophesy
.
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
.
When this
was reported
to
Saul, he sent more
messengers, but
they began
to
prophesy
as
well
. So
Saul tried
again
and
sent messengers a
third time, and even
they began
to
prophesy
.
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.
Finally
, Saul
himself
left
for
Ramah
and came to the
large
cistern
at
Secu,
where
he asked, “
Where are Samuel and David? ”
“
At Naioth in Ramah ,”
he
was
told
.
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.
So
Saul
went to Naioth in Ramah .
But
the Spirit of God came
upon even
Saul
, and he walked
along
prophesying
until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
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?
Then
Saul
stripped off his robes
and also
prophesied before Samuel .
And he
collapsed
and
lay naked all that day and night. That
is
why
it
is
said
, “
Is Saul also among the prophets? ”
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