| 1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that
they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.
2 And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee:
now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in 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 if I see aught, 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 put his life
in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory
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 Jehovah liveth, he
shall not be put to death. 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 beforetime.
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 before him.
9 And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul, as he sat in his house
with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand. 10 And
Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped
away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David
fled, and escaped that night. 11 And Saul 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
wilt be slain. 12 So Michal let David down through the window: and he
went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it
in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof, and
covered it with the clothes. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take
David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers to see David,
saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when
the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow
of goats' hair at the head thereof. 17 And Saul said unto Michal,
Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, so that he is escaped?
And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill
thee?
18 Now 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 head over them, the
Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also
prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also
prophesied. 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that
is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said,
Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah. 23 And he went thither to Naioth in
Ramah: and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on, and
prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he also stripped off
his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all
that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the
prophets?
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