1 Samuel 19 — UBES
19Verse 1And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to slay David.Verse 2And Jonathan, Saul’s son, loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill thee: take heed to thyself therefore tomorrow morning, and hide thyself, and dwell in secret.Verse 3And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where thou shalt be, and I will speak concerning thee to my father; and I will see what his answer may be, and I will tell thee.Verse 4And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against thy servant David, for he has not sinned against thee, and his deeds are very good.Verse 5And 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 dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?Verse 6And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, As the Lord lives, he shall not die.Verse 7And 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.Verse 8And 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.Verse 9And an evil spirit from God was upon Saul, and he was resting in his house, and a spear was in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands.Verse 10And Saul sought 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.Verse 11And 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 Michal David’s wife told him, saying, Unless thou save thy life this night, tomorrow thou shalt be slain.Verse 12So Michal lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.Verse 13And Michal took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.Verse 14And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.Verse 15And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may slay him.Verse 16And the messengers come, and, behold, the images were on the bed, and the goat’s liver at his head.Verse 17And Saul said to Michal, Why hast thou thus deceived me, and suffered my enemy to depart, and he has escaped? and Michal said to Saul, He said, Let me go, and if not, I will slay thee.Verse 18So David fled, and escaped, and comes to Samuel to Ramah, and tells him all that Saul had done to him: and Samuel and David went, and dwelt in Naioth in Ramah.Verse 19And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is in Naioth in Ramah.Verse 20And 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.Verse 21And 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.Verse 22And Saul was very angry, and went himself also to Ramah, and he comes as far as the well of the threshing floor that is in Secu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? and they said, Behold, in Naioth in Ramah.Verse 23And he went thence to Naioth in Ramah: and there came the Spirit of God upon him also, and he went on prophesying till he came to Naioth in Ramah.Verse 24And 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?