1 Samuel 19
1. And Saul spake * to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill * David.
2. 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:
3. 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.
4. 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:
5. 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?
6. And Saul hearkened * unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware * , As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain * .
7. And Jonathan called * David, and Jonathan shewed * him all those things. And Jonathan brought * David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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 * .
12. So Michal let * David down * through a window: and he went * , and fled * , and escaped * .
13. 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.
14. And when Saul sent * messengers to take * David, she said * , He is sick * .
15. And Saul sent * the messengers again to see * David, saying * , Bring him up * to me in the bed,that I may slay * him.
16. And when the messengers were come in * , behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
17. 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?
18. 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.
19. And it was told * Saul, saying * , Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
20. 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 * .
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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?
