1 Samuel 19
Saul Seeks to Kill
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And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and
to all his servants, that they should kill David.
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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?
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And Saul hearkened unto the voice of
Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Saul also sent messengers unto David's
house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: Ps. 59.1--0.1 and
Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life
tonight, tomorrow thou shalt be slain.
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So Michal let David down through a
window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
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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.
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And when Saul sent messengers to take
David, she said, He is sick.
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And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay
him.
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And when the messengers were come in,
behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of
goats' hair for his bolster.
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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?
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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 Nai'oth.
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And it was told Saul, saying, Behold,
David is at Nai'oth in Ramah.
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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.
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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.
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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 Nai'oth in Ramah.
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And he went thither to Nai'oth in Ramah:
and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and
prophesied, until he came to Nai'oth in Ramah.
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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? 1 Sam. 10.11, 12
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