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1Samuel 19
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David Is Persecuted by Saul

19Saul told his son Jonathan and all his officials that he planned to kill David. But Jonathan was very fond of David,H7586H1696H3129H1121H5650H4191H1732
2and so he told him, "My father is trying to kill you. Please be careful tomorrow morning; hide in some secret place and stay there.H3083H7586H1121H2654H3966H1732H3083H5046H1732H559H7586H1H1245H4191H8104H1242H3427H5643H2244
3I will go and stand by my father in the field where you are hiding, and I will speak to him about you. If I find out anything, I will let you know."H3318H5975H3027H1H7704H1696H1H4100H7200H5046
4Jonathan praised David to Saul and said, "Sir, don't do wrong to your servant David. He has never done you any wrong; on the contrary, everything he has done has been a great help to you.H3083H1696H2896H1732H7586H1H559H4428H2398H5650H1732H2398H4639H3966H2896
5He risked his life when he killed Goliath, and the LORD won a great victory for Israel. When you saw it, you were glad. Why, then, do you now want to do wrong to an innocent man and kill David for no reason at all?"H7760H5315H3709H5221H6430H3068H6213H1419H8668H3478H7200H8055H2398H5355H1818H4191H1732H2600
6Saul was convinced by what Jonathan said and made a vow in the LORD's name that he would not kill David.H7586H8085H6963H3083H7586H7650H3068H2416H518H4191
7So Jonathan called David and told him everything; then he took him to Saul, and David served the king as he had before.H3083H7121H1732H3083H5046H1697H3083H935H1732H7586H6440H865H8032
8War with the Philistines broke out again. David attacked them and defeated them so thoroughly that they fled.H4421H3254H1732H3318H3898H6430H5221H1419H4347H5127H6440
9One day an evil spirit from the LORD took control of Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was there, playing his harp.H7451H7307H3068H7586H3427H1004H2595H3027H1732H5059H3027
10Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David dodged, and the spear stuck in the wall. David ran away and escaped.H7586H1245H5221H1732H7023H2595H6362H7586H6440H5221H2595H7023H1732H5127H4422H3915
11That same night Saul sent some men to watch David's house and kill him the next morning. Michal, David's wife, warned him, "If you don't get away tonight, tomorrow you will be dead."H7586H7971H4397H1732H1004H8104H4191H1242H4324H1732H802H5046H559H4422H5315H3915H4279H4191
12She let him down from a window, and he ran away and escaped.H4324H3381H1732H3381H2474H3212H1272H4422
13Then she took the household idol, laid it on the bed, put a pillow made of goats' hair at its head, and put a cover over it.H4324H3947H8655H7760H4296H7760H3523H5795H4763H3680H899
14When Saul's men came to get David, Michal told them that he was sick.H7586H7971H4397H3947H1732H559H2470
15But Saul sent them back to see David for themselves. He ordered them, "Carry him here in his bed, and I will kill him."H7586H7971H4397H7200H1732H559H5927H4296H4191
16They went inside and found the household idol in the bed and the goats' hair pillow at its head.H4397H935H8655H4296H3523H5795H4763
17Saul asked Michal, "Why have you tricked me like this and let my enemy escape?" She answered, "He said he would kill me if I didn't help him escape."H7586H559H4324H7411H7971H341H4422H4324H559H7586H559H7971H4191
18David escaped and went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.H1732H1272H4422H935H8050H7414H5046H7586H6213H8050H3212H3427H5121
19Saul was told that David was in Naioth in Ramah,H5046H7586H559H1732H5121H7414
20so he sent some men to arrest him. They saw the group of prophets dancing and shouting, with Samuel as their leader. Then the spirit of God took control of Saul's men, and they also began to dance and shout.H7586H7971H4397H3947H1732H7200H3862H5030H5012H8050H5975H5324H7307H430H4397H7586H5012
21When Saul heard of this, he sent more messengers, and they also began to dance and shout. He sent messengers the third time, and the same thing happened to them.H5046H7586H7971H312H4397H5012H7586H7971H4397H3254H7992H5012
22Then he himself started out to Ramah. When he came to the large well in Secu, he asked where Samuel and David were and was told that they were at Naioth.H3212H7414H935H1419H953H7906H7592H559H375H8050H1732H559H5121H7414
23As he was going there, the spirit of God took control of him also, and he danced and shouted all the way to Naioth.H3212H5121H7414H7307H430H3212H1980H5012H935H5121H7414
24He took off his clothes and danced and shouted in Samuel's presence, and lay naked all that day and all that night. (This is how the saying originated, "Has even Saul become a prophet?")H6584H899H1571H5012H6440H8050H5307H6174H3117H3915H559H7586H5030


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