1 Samuel 19
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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 shewed 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: and Michal David's wife told him, saying,
If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow 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 Naioth.
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- And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth
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 Naioth in Ramah.
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- 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.
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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?
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