Bible, King James Version
1_Samuel
1Sam.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 theeward 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?
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