1Samuel:19

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* And Saul spake to Jonathan his son , and to all his servants , that they should kill David . * But Jonathan Sauls 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 : * 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 . * 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 : * For he did put his life in his hand , and slew the Philistine , and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel Yisra #el #: thou sawest it , and didst rejoice : wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood , to slay David without a cause ? * And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan : and Saul sware , As the LORD liveth , he shall not be slain . * And Jonathan called David , and Jonathan shewed him all those things . And Jonathan brought David to Saul Sha #uwl #, and he was in his presence , as in times past #H8032 . * 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 . * And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul Sha #uwl #, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand : and David played with his hand . * And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin ; but he slipped away out of Sauls presence , and he smote the javelin into the wall : and David fled , and escaped that night . * Saul also sent messengers unto Davids house , to watch him , and to slay him in the morning : and Michal Davids wife told him , saying , If thou save not thy life to night , to morrow thou shalt be slain . * So Michal let # David down through a window : and he went , and fled , and escaped . * And Michal took an image , and laid it in the bed , and put a pillow of goats hair for his bolster m @ra #ashah #, and covered it with a cloth . * And when Saul sent messengers to take David , she said , He is sick . * And Saul sent the messengers (again ) to see David , saying , Bring him up to me in the bed , that I may slay him . * And when the messengers were come in , behold , there was an image in the bed , with a pillow of goats hair for his bolster m @ra #ashah #. * And Saul said unto Michal , Why hast thou deceived me so , and sent away mine enemy , that he is escaped ? And Michal answered Saul Sha #uwl #, He said unto me , Let me go ; why should I kill thee ? * 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 . * And it was told Saul Sha #uwl #, saying , Behold , David is at Naioth in Ramah . * 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 Sha #uwl #, and they also prophesied . * And when it was told Saul Sha #uwl #, he sent other messengers mal #ak #, and they prophesied likewise . And Saul sent messengers again the third time , and they prophesied also . * 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 . * 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 . * 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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