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1 Samuel

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1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his ser­vants, that they should kill David. 2 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: 3 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. 4 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: 5 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? 6 And Saul hear­kened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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?