1Samuel:19

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* And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son , and to all his servants , to slay David . * And Jonathan , Saul ’s son , (note :)Gr . chose ; q . d . dilexit (:note ) loved David much : and Jonathan told David , saying , Saul seeks to kill thee : take heed to thyself therefore to-morrow morning , and hide thyself , and dwell in secret . * And I will go forth , and stand near my father in the field where thou shalt be , and I will speak concerning thee to my father ; and I will see what his answer may be , and I will tell thee . * And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father , and said to him , Let not the king sin against thy servant David , for he has not sinned against thee , and his deeds are very good . * And he put his life in his hand , and smote the Philistine , and the Lord wrought a great deliverance ; and all Israel saw , and rejoiced : why then dost thou sin against innocent blood , to slay David without a cause ? * And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan ; and Saul swore , saying , As the Lord lives , (note :)Gr . if he shall die (:note ) he shall not die . * And Jonathan called David , and told him all these words ; and Jonathan brought David in to Saul , and he was before him as in former times . * And (note :)Lit . war added to be (:note ) there was again war against Saul ; and David did valiantly , and fought against the Philistines , and smote them with a very great slaughter , and they fled from before him . * And an evil spirit (note :)Gr . of God (:note ) from God was upon Saul , and he was Gr . sleeping ; Hebrews . sitting , perhaps Nvy read for bvy resting in his house , and a spear was in his hand , and David was playing on the harp with his hands . * And Saul sought (note :)Gr . to strike the spear into David (:note ) to smite David with the spear ; and David withdrew suddenly from the presence of Saul ; and he drove the spear into the wall ; and David retreated and escaped . * And it came to pass in that night , that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him , in order to slay him in the morning ; and Melchol (note :)Gr . his wife sent to David (:note ) David ’s wife told him , saying , Unless thou save thy life this night , to-morrow thou shalt be slain . * So Melchol lets David down by the window , and he departed , and fled , and escaped . * And Melchol took (note :)Hebrews . teraphim , probably such images as were put on monuments (:note ) images , and laid them on the bed , and she put the dbk liver , has evidently been read here for rybk a quilt , or perhaps a pillow liver of a goat by his head , and covered them with clothes . * And Saul sent messengers to take David ; and they say that he is sick . * And he sends to David , saying , Bring him to me on the bed , that I may slay him . * And the messengers come , and , behold , the images were on the bed , and the goat ’s liver at his head . * And Saul said to Melchol , Why hast thou thus deceived me , and suffered my enemy to depart , and he has escaped ? and Melchol said to Saul , He said , let me go , and if not , I will slay thee . * So David fled , and escaped , and comes to Samuel to Armathaim , and tells him all that Saul had done to him : and Samuel and David went , and dwelt in Navath in Rama . * And it was told Saul , saying , Behold , David is in Navath in Rama . * And Saul sent messengers to take David , and they saw the assembly of the prophets , and Samuel stood as appointed over them ; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul , and they prophesy . * And it was told Saul , and he sent other messengers , and they also prophesied : and Saul sent again a third set of messengers , and they also prophesied . * And Saul was very angry , and went himself also to Armathaim , and he comes as far as the well of the threshing floor that is in Sephi ; and he asked and said , Where are Samuel and David ? And they said , Behold , in Navath in Rama . * And he went thence to Navath in Rama : and there came the Spirit of God upon him also , and he went on prophesying till he came to Navath in Rama . * And he took off his clothes , and prophesied before them ; and lay down naked all that day and all that night : therefore they said , Is Saul also among the prophets ?

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