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          DASV: 1 Samuel 19    

1 Saul told Jonathan his son and all his servants, that they
should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, liked David a lot.
2 So Jonathan warned David, "My father Saul is trying to kill you.
Therefore, please be careful tomorrow morning and find a
hiding place and stay there.
3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where
you are, and I will ask my father about you, and see if I get
any information, then I will tell you what I find out.
4 So Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul, saying,
"The king should not sin against his servant David, because
he has not done anything against you. His actions have been
very good for you.
5 He risked his life, when he struck down the Philistine,
and the LORD gave all Israel a great victory. You saw it
and were happy about it. Why then will you sin against
innocent blood by attempting to kill David for no reason?"
6 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore, "As the
LORD lives, David will not be put to death."
7 So Jonathan called David, and told him everything. Then
Jonathan brought David back to Saul, and he was in his
presence as before.

8 Now there was war again, and David went out and fought with
the Philistines. He dealt them a great defeat, and they
fled before him.
9 Then an evil spirit from the LORD came on Saul, as he sat
in his house with his spear in his hand. David was playing
with lyre in hand.
10 Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear. But
he slipped away out of Saul's presence, so Saul was left
with his spear stuck in the wall. David fled and escaped
that night.

11 Then Saul sent messengers to David's house, to secure it
and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David's wife, warned
him, "If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow
you will be killed."
12 So Michal let David down through the window and he took off
and escaped.
13 Michal took the household idol, and laid it in the bed.
She put a covering of goats' hair over its head, and put
clothes on it.
14 When Saul sent messengers to capture David, she said,
"He is sick."
15 Saul sent the messengers back to watch David, telling them,
"Bring him up to me on his bed, so that I can kill him."
16 When the messengers entered, only the idol was found in
the bed, with the covering of goats' hair on its head.
17 Then Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me like
this, and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?" Michal
answered Saul, "He told me, 'Let me go or I will have to
kill you.'"

18 Now David fled and escaped to Samuel at Ramah. David told
Samuel all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel
went and stayed at Naioth.
19 Saul was told, "Look, David is at Naioth in Ramah."
20 So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw
the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing
there as their leader, the Spirit of God came on the
messengers of Saul, and even they prophesied.
21 When Saul was told about it, he sent other messengers,
and they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers a third
time, and they prophesied too.
22 Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well
that is in Secu. He asked, "Where are Samuel and David?"
Someone answered, "They are at Naioth in Ramah."
23 So he went to Naioth in Ramah and the Spirit of God came
on him too, and he walked on prophesying until he came to
Naioth in Ramah.
24 He stripped off his clothes, and he prophesied before Samuel,
laying there naked all that day and all that night.
That is why they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

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