1Sam 19
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And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay
David. But Jonathan, Saul`s son, delighted much in David.
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And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to slay you: now therefore,
I pray you, take heed to yourself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and
hide yourself:
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and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will
commune with my father of you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.
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And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the
king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you,
and because his works have been to you-ward very good:
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for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and YHWH wrought a great
victory for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice; wherefore then will you sin against
innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
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And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As YHWH lives, he shall
not be put to death.
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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 beforetime.
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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 before him.
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And an evil spirit from YHWH was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear
in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
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And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away
out of Saul`s presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and
escaped that night.
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And Saul sent messengers to David`s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning:
and Michal, David`s wife, told him, saying, If you save not your life to-night, to-morrow
you will be slain.
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So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
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And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats` [hair]
at its head, and covered it with the clothes.
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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 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 came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow
of goats` [hair] at its head.
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And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, so
that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should
I kill you?
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Now 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 head over them, the Spirit of God came 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 also prophesied. And
Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.
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Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked
and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they are at Naioth in
Ramah.
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And he went there to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and
he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
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And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay
down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among
the prophets?