1 Samuel 19:6-11

19:6 Saul accepted Jonathan’s advice ¹  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. ² 

19:8 Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly ³  and they ran away from him. 19:9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon ⁴  Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. ⁵  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. ⁶  David escaped quickly ⁷  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 ⁸  tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

[19:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan.”

[19:7]  ² tn Heb “and he was before him as before.”

[19:8]  ³ tn Heb “and he struck them down with a great blow.”

[19:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “[was] to.”

[19:9]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

[19:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”

[19:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “your life.”