| Chapter
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 showed 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? |
