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Berean Standard Bible
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Then
Saul ordered
his son Jonathan
and all his servants to
kill David. But
Jonathan
delighted
greatly
in
David,
And
Saul spake
to
Jonathan
his son ,
and to
all his servants ,
that
they
should
kill David.
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.
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:
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
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
.
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.
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:
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
? ”
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
?
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
Saul hearkened
unto
the voice of Jonathan: and
Saul
sware,
As the LORD liveth
, he
shall
not be slain
.
So
Jonathan summoned
David and told
him all these
things. Then
Jonathan brought David to Saul to
serve
him
as
he had
before
.
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
.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!”
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.
So Michal lowered
David from
the
window ,
and he ran
away
and escaped.
So Michal let
David down
through
a
window :
and he went,
and fled,
and
escaped.
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
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
.
When Saul sent the
messengers to seize
David, Michal
said, “
He is ill
. ”
And
when Saul sent messengers to take
David, she
said, He is sick
.
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
Saul sent the messengers again
to see David, saying,
Bring him up to me in the
bed ,
that
I may
slay
him.
And when the messengers entered
, there was the
idol
in the bed with the
quilt
of goats ’
hair on
its
head
.
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 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!’”
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?
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
.
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
.
When
Saul
was told that
David was
at Naioth in Ramah ,
And
it
was told Saul,
saying,
Behold,
David is
at Naioth in Ramah .
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
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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.
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
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.
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? ”
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?
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