1Sam 19
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And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to slay David.
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And Jonathan, Saul’s son, Gr. chose; q. d. dilexit loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill you:
take heed
to yourself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide yourself, and dwell in secret.
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And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where you shall be, and
I will speak concerning you to my father; and I will see what his answer may be, and
I will tell you.
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And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him,
Let not the king sin against your servant David, for he has not sinned against you,
and his deeds are very good.
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And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a
great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoiced: why then do 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, saying, As the Lord lives,
Gr. if he shall die he shall not die.
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And Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and Jonathan brought David
in to Saul, and he was before him as in former times.
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And Lit. war added to be there was again war against Saul; and David did valiantly, and fought against the
Philistines, and smote them with a very great slaughter, and they fled from before
him.
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And an evil spirit Gr. of God from God was upon Saul, and he was Gr. sleeping; Heb. sitting, perhaps Nvy read for bvy resting
in his house, and a spear was in his hand, and David was playing on the harp
with his hands.
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And Saul sought Gr. to strike the spear into David to smite David with the spear; and David withdrew suddenly from the presence
of Saul;
and he drove the spear into the wall; and David retreated and escaped.
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And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David
to watch him, in order to slay him in the morning; and Melchol Gr. his wife sent to David David’s wife told him, saying, Unless
you save your life this night, to-morrow you
shall be slain.
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So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.
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And Melchol took Heb. teraphim, probably such images as were put on monuments images, and laid them on the bed, and she put
the dbk liver, has evidently been read here for rybk a quilt, or perhaps a pillow liver of a goat by his head, and covered
them with clothes.
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And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.
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And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may slay him.
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And the messengers come, and, behold, the images were on the bed, and the goat’s liver
at his head.
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And Saul said to Melchol, Why have you thus deceived me, and suffered my enemy to
depart, and he has escaped? and Melchol said to Saul, He said, let me go, and if not,
I will slay you.
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So David fled, and escaped, and comes to Samuel to Armathaim, and tells him all that
Saul had done to him: and Samuel and David went, and dwelt in Navath in Rama.
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And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is in Navath in Rama.
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And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw the assembly of the prophets,
and Samuel stood as appointed over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers
of Saul, and they prophesy.
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And it was told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied: and
Saul sent again a third set of messengers, and they also prophesied.
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And Saul was very angry, and went himself also to Armathaim, and he comes as far as
the well of the threshing floor that is in Sephi; and he asked and said, Where are
Samuel and David? And they said, Behold, in Navath in Rama.
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And he went thence to Navath in Rama: and there came the Spirit of God upon him also,
and he went on prophesying till he came to Navath in Rama.
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And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that
day and all that night: therefore they said, Is Saul also among the prophets?