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1 Saul
spoke to Jonathan
his son and
to all his
servants, that
they should kill
David. But
Jonathan, Saul’s
son, greatly
delighted in David.
2 Jonathan
told David, saying, “Saul
my father seeks to
kill you. Now
therefore, please
take care
of yourself in the
morning, live in
a secret place,
and hide yourself.
3 I
will go out
and stand beside
my father in the
field where you
are, and I
will talk with
my father about
you; and if
I see anything,
I will tell
you.”
4 Jonathan
spoke good of
David to Saul
his father, and
said to him, “Don’t
let the king
sin against his
servant, against
David; because he
has not sinned
against you, and
because his works
have been very
good toward you;
5 for
he put his
life in his
hand and struck
the Philistine,
and the LORD
worked a great
victory for all
Israel. You saw
it and rejoiced.
Why then will
you sin against
innocent blood, to
kill David without
a cause?”
6 Saul
listened to the
voice of Jonathan;
and Saul swore, “As
the LORD lives,
he shall not
be put to
death.”
7 Jonathan
called David, and
Jonathan showed him
all those things.
Then Jonathan
brought David to
Saul, and he
was in his
presence as before.
8 There
was war again.
David went out
and fought with
the Philistines,
and killed them
with a great
slaughter; and
they fled before
him.
9 An
evil spirit from
the LORD was
on Saul as
he sat in
his house with
his spear in
his hand; and
David was
playing music with
his hand.
10 Saul
sought to pin
David to the
wall with the
spear, but he
slipped away out
of Saul’s presence;
and he stuck
the spear into
the wall. David
fled and escaped
that night.
11 Saul
sent messengers to
David’s house to
watch him and
to kill him
in the morning.
Michal, David’s wife,
told him, saying, “If
you don’t save
your life tonight,
tomorrow you will
be killed.”
12 So
Michal let David
down through the
window. He went
away, fled, and
escaped.
13 Michal
took the teraphim
and laid it
in the bed,
and put a
pillow of goats’
hair at its head
and covered it
with clothes.
14 When
Saul sent
messengers to take
David, she said, “He
is sick.”
15 Saul
sent the
messengers to see
David, saying, “Bring
him up to
me in the
bed, that I
may kill him.”
16 When
the messengers
came in, behold,
the teraphim was in
the bed, with the
pillow of goats’
hair at its head.
17 Saul said
to Michal, “Why
have you deceived
me like this
and let my enemy
go, so that
he has escaped?”
Michal answered Saul, “He
said to me, ‘Let
me go! Why
should I kill
you?’ ”
18 Now
David fled and
escaped, and came
to Samuel at
Ramah, and told
him all that
Saul had done
to him. He
and Samuel went
and lived in
Naioth.
19 Saul
was told, saying, “Behold, David is at
Naioth in Ramah.”
20 Saul
sent messengers to
seize David; and
when they saw
the company of
the prophets
prophesying, and
Samuel standing
as head over them,
God’s Spirit came
on Saul’s
messengers, and
they also
prophesied.
21 When
Saul was told,
he sent other
messengers, and
they also
prophesied. Saul
sent messengers
again the third
time, and they
also prophesied.
22 Then
he also went
to Ramah, and
came to the
great well that
is in Secu:
and he asked, “Where
are Samuel and
David?”
One said, “Behold,
they are at
Naioth in Ramah.”
23 He
went there to
Naioth in Ramah.
Then God’s Spirit
came on him
also, and he
went on, and
prophesied, until
he came to
Naioth in Ramah.
24 He
also stripped off
his clothes. He
also prophesied
before Samuel and
lay down naked
all that day
and all that
night. Therefore
they say, “Is Saul
also among the
prophets?”