1 And Saul|strong="H7586" spake|strong="H1696" to Jonathan|strong="H3129" his son|strong="H1121", and to all his servants|strong="H5650", that they should kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732".
2 But Jonathan|strong="H3083" Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" delighted|strong="H2654" much|strong="H3966" in David|strong="H1732": and Jonathan|strong="H3083" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", Saul|strong="H7586" my father|strong="H0001" seeketh|strong="H1245" to kill|strong="H4191" thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed|strong="H8104" to thyself until the morning|strong="H1242", and abide|strong="H3427" in a secret|strong="H5643" place, and hide|strong="H2244" thyself:
3 And I will go out|strong="H3318" and stand|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H3027" my father|strong="H0001" in the field|strong="H7704" where thou art, and I will commune|strong="H1696" with my father|strong="H0001" of thee; and what|strong="H4100" I see|strong="H7200", that I will tell|strong="H5046" thee.
4 And Jonathan|strong="H3083" spake|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" of David|strong="H1732" unto Saul|strong="H7586" his father|strong="H0001", and said|strong="H0559" unto him, Let not the king|strong="H4428" sin|strong="H2398" against his servant|strong="H5650", against David|strong="H1732"; because he hath not sinned|strong="H2398" against thee, and because his works|strong="H4639" have been to thee-ward very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896":
5 For he did put|strong="H7760" his life|strong="H5315" in his hand|strong="H3709", and slew|strong="H5221" the Philistine|strong="H6430", and the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* wrought|strong="H6213" a great|strong="H1419" salvation|strong="H8668" for all Israel|strong="H3478": thou sawest|strong="H7200" it, and didst rejoice|strong="H8055": wherefore then wilt thou sin|strong="H2398" against innocent|strong="H5355" blood|strong="H1818", to slay|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732" without a cause|strong="H2600"?
6 And Saul|strong="H7586" hearkened|strong="H8085" unto the voice|strong="H6963" of Jonathan|strong="H3083": and Saul|strong="H7586" sware|strong="H7650", As the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* liveth|strong="H2416", he shall not|strong="H0518" be slain|strong="H4191".
7 And Jonathan|strong="H3083" called|strong="H7121" David|strong="H1732", and Jonathan|strong="H3083" shewed|strong="H5046" him all those things|strong="H1697". And Jonathan|strong="H3083" brought|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" to Saul|strong="H7586", and he was in his presence|strong="H6440", as in times past|strong="H0865".
8 And there was war|strong="H4421" again|strong="H3254": and David|strong="H1732" went out|strong="H3318", and fought|strong="H3898" with the Philistines|strong="H6430", and slew|strong="H5221" them with a great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347"; and they fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" him.
9 And the evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was upon Saul|strong="H7586", as he sat|strong="H3427" in his house|strong="H1004" with his javelin|strong="H2595" in his hand|strong="H3027": and David|strong="H1732" played|strong="H5059" with his hand|strong="H3027".
10 And Saul|strong="H7586" sought|strong="H1245" to smite|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732" even to the wall|strong="H7023" with the javelin|strong="H2595"; but he slipped away|strong="H6362" out of Saul’s|strong="H7586" presence|strong="H6440", and he smote|strong="H5221" the javelin|strong="H2595" into the wall|strong="H7023": and David|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H5127", and escaped|strong="H4422" that night|strong="H3915".
11 Saul|strong="H7586" also sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" unto David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004", to watch|strong="H8104" him, and to slay|strong="H4191" him in the morning|strong="H1242": and Michal|strong="H4324" David’s|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802" told|strong="H5046" him, saying|strong="H0559", If thou save|strong="H4422" not thy life|strong="H5315" to night|strong="H3915", to morrow|strong="H4279" thou shalt be slain|strong="H4191".
12 So Michal|strong="H4324" let|strong="H3381" David|strong="H1732" down|strong="H3381" through a window|strong="H2474": and he went|strong="H3212", and fled|strong="H1272", and escaped|strong="H4422".
13 And Michal|strong="H4324" took|strong="H3947" an image|strong="H8655", and laid|strong="H7760" it in the bed|strong="H4296", and put|strong="H7760" a pillow|strong="H3523" of goats’|strong="H5795" hair for his bolster|strong="H4763", and covered|strong="H3680" it with a cloth|strong="H0899".
14 And when Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to take|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732", she said|strong="H0559", He is sick|strong="H2470".
15 And Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" the messengers|strong="H4397" again to see|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", Bring him up|strong="H5927" to me in the bed|strong="H4296", that I may slay|strong="H4191" him.
16 And when the messengers|strong="H4397" were come in|strong="H0935", behold, there was an image|strong="H8655" in the bed|strong="H4296", with a pillow|strong="H3523" of goats’|strong="H5795" hair for his bolster|strong="H4763".
17 And Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" unto Michal|strong="H4324", Why hast thou deceived me so|strong="H7411", and sent away|strong="H7971" mine enemy|strong="H0341", that he is escaped|strong="H4422"? And Michal|strong="H4324" answered|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586", He said|strong="H0559" unto me, Let me go|strong="H7971"; why should I kill|strong="H4191" thee?
18 So David|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H1272", and escaped|strong="H4422", and came|strong="H0935" to Samuel|strong="H8050" to Ramah|strong="H7414", and told|strong="H5046" him all that Saul|strong="H7586" had done|strong="H6213" to him. And he and Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H3212" and dwelt|strong="H3427" in Naioth|strong="H5121".
19 And it was told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H0559", Behold, David|strong="H1732" is at Naioth|strong="H5121" in Ramah|strong="H7414".
20 And Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to take|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732": and when they saw|strong="H7200" the company|strong="H3862" of the prophets|strong="H5030" prophesying|strong="H5012", and Samuel|strong="H8050" standing|strong="H5975" as appointed|strong="H5324" over them, the Spirit|strong="H7307" of God|strong="H0430" was upon the messengers|strong="H4397" of Saul|strong="H7586", and they also prophesied|strong="H5012".
21 And when it was told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", he sent|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" messengers|strong="H4397", and they prophesied|strong="H5012" likewise. And Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" again|strong="H3254" the third|strong="H7992" time, and they prophesied|strong="H5012" also.
22 Then went|strong="H3212" he also to Ramah|strong="H7414", and came|strong="H0935" to a great|strong="H1419" well|strong="H0953" that is in Sechu|strong="H7906": and he asked|strong="H7592" and said|strong="H0559", Where|strong="H0375" are Samuel|strong="H8050" and David|strong="H1732"? And one said|strong="H0559", Behold, they be at Naioth|strong="H5121" in Ramah|strong="H7414".
23 And he went|strong="H3212" thither to Naioth|strong="H5121" in Ramah|strong="H7414": and the Spirit|strong="H7307" of God|strong="H0430" was upon him also, and he went|strong="H3212" on|strong="H1980", and prophesied|strong="H5012", until he came|strong="H0935" to Naioth|strong="H5121" in Ramah|strong="H7414".
24 And he stripped off|strong="H6584" his clothes|strong="H0899" also|strong="H1571", and prophesied|strong="H5012" before|strong="H6440" Samuel|strong="H8050" in like manner, and lay down|strong="H5307" naked|strong="H6174" all that day|strong="H3117" and all that night|strong="H3915". Wherefore they say|strong="H0559", Is Saul|strong="H7586" also among the prophets|strong="H5030"?