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David
Protected from Saul |
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| 1 Samuel 19:1 |
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Now Saul told Jonathan his son and all his servants
to put David to death. But Jonathan, Saul's son, greatly delighted in David. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:2 |
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So Jonathan told David saying, "Saul my father
is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning,
and stay in a secret place and hide yourself. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:3 |
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I will go out and stand beside my father in
the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; if I find
out anything, then I will tell you." |
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| 1 Samuel 19:4 |
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Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his
father and said to him, "Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since
he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very beneficial to
you. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:5 |
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For he took his life in his hand and struck
the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great deliverance for all Israel;
you saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by putting
David to death without a cause?" |
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| 1 Samuel 19:6 |
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Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and
Saul vowed, "As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death." |
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| 1 Samuel 19:7 |
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Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told
him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence
as formerly. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:8 |
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When there was war again, David went out and
fought with the Philistines and defeated them with great slaughter, so that they
fled before him. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:9 |
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Now there was an evil spirit from the LORD on
Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was
playing the harp with his hand. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:10 |
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Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the
spear, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, so that he stuck the spear
into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:11 |
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Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to
watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David's wife,
told him, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be
put to death." |
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| 1 Samuel 19:12 |
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So Michal let David down through a window, and
he went out and fled and escaped. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:13 |
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Michal took the household idol and laid it on
the bed, and put a quilt of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with clothes. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:14 |
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When Saul sent messengers to take David, she
said, "He is sick." |
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| 1 Samuel 19:15 |
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Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying,
"Bring him up to me on his bed, that I may put him to death." |
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| 1 Samuel 19:16 |
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When the messengers entered, behold, the household
idol was on the bed with the quilt of goats' hair at its head. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:17 |
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So Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived
me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?" And Michal said to
Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! Why should I put you to death?'" |
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| 1 Samuel 19:18 |
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Now David fled and escaped and came to Samuel
at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and
stayed in Naioth. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:19 |
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It was told Saul, saying, "Behold, David is
at Naioth in Ramah." |
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| 1 Samuel 19:20 |
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Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but
when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing and
presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul; and they
also prophesied. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:21 |
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When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers,
and they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they
also prophesied. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:22 |
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Then he himself went to Ramah and came as far
as the large well that is in Secu; and he asked and said, "Where are Samuel and
David?" And someone said, "Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah." |
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| 1 Samuel 19:23 |
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He proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the
Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually
until he came to Naioth in Ramah. |
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| 1 Samuel 19:24 |
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He also stripped off his clothes, and he too
prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore
they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" |
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