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Text -- 1 Samuel 19:1-24 (NET)
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Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life
19:1 Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David . But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much .
19:2 So Jonathan told David , “My father Saul is trying to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning . Find a hiding place and stay in seclusion .
19:3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father . When I find out what the problem is, I will let you know .”
19:4 So Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf to his father Saul . He said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David , for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary , his actions have been very beneficial for you.
19:5 He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the Lord gave all Israel a great victory . When you saw it, you were happy . So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason ?”
19:6 Saul accepted Jonathan’s advice and took an oath , “As surely as the Lord lives , he will not be put to death .”
19:7 Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things . Jonathan brought David to Saul , and he served him as he had done formerly .
19:8 Now once again there was war . So David went out to fight the Philistines . He defeated them thoroughly and they ran away from him.
19:9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul . He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand , while David was playing the lyre.
19:10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear , but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall . David escaped quickly that night .
19:11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning . Then David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save yourself tonight , tomorrow you will be dead !”
19:12 So Michal lowered David through the window , and he ran away and escaped .
19:13 Then Michal took a household idol and put it on the bed . She put a quilt made of goat’s hair over its head and then covered the idol with a garment .
19:14 When Saul sent messengers to arrest David , she said , “He’s sick .”
19:15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David , saying , “Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him.”
19:16 When the messengers came , they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat’s hair at its head .
19:17 Saul said to Michal , “Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away ? Now he has escaped !” Michal replied to Saul , “He said to me, ‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’”
19:18 Now David had run away and escaped . He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth .
19:19 It was reported to Saul saying , “David is at Naioth in Ramah .”
19:20 So Saul sent messengers to capture David . When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers , and they also prophesied .
19:21 When it was reported to Saul , he sent more messengers , but they prophesied too . So Saul sent messengers a third time , but they also prophesied .
19:22 Finally Saul himself went to Ramah . When he arrived at the large cistern that is in Secu , he asked , “Where are Samuel and David ?” They said , “At Naioth in Ramah .”
19:23 So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah . The Spirit of God came upon him as well, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah .
19:24 He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel . He lay there naked all that day and night . (For that reason it is asked , “Is Saul also among the prophets ?”)
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