-
And Saul
spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his
servants, that they should kill David.
02 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:
03 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.
04 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:
05 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?
06 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan:
and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not
be slain.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 So Michal let David down through a window: and
he went, and fled, and escaped.
__________________________________ |
13 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.
14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David,
she said, He is sick.
15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see
David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed,
that I may slay him.
16 And when the messengers were come in, behold,
there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of
goats' hair for his bolster.
17 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?
18 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.
19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is
at Naioth in Ramah.
20 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.
21 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.
22 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.
23 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.
24 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?
__________________________________ |
