1 Samuel 19:10

Plain English Version

and he tried to spear him straight through and hang him on the wall. But again David quickly jumped out of the way, and the spear only hit the wall. That night David ran away safely from Saul’s house.

Cross References

Psalm 34:19

If somebody lives the right way, that person might still have a lot of troubles. But God will save that person from all those troubles.

Luke 4:30

But Jesus turned around, and he just went through the middle of that mob and went away. (We have not yet translated 4:31—6:42. You can read most of those stories and messages in Mark 1:14-45; 2:1—3:19; Matthew 4:18-22; 5:3-12; 5:38-48; 7:1-5, 12.)

John 10:39

Again the Jewish leaders tried to grab Jesus and put him in jail, but he got away from them.

1 Samuel 18:10

The next day, God sent a bad spirit to Saul. It made him go really mad. He just sat there in his house and screamed. David played the guitar for him as before. Saul was holding a spear in his hand,

1 Samuel 18:11

and he thought, “I will spear David straight through and hang him on the wall.” So he threw it at him. But David quickly jumped out of the way, and the spear missed him. That happened 2 times, and he missed David each time. (We have not yet translated 18:12-30. It tells that Saul gave his daughter to David, to be his wife. Her name was Mihal.)

1 Samuel 19:6

Saul listened to his son Jonathan, and he said, “God hears us, so I’m talking straight to you. I will not try to kill David.”

1 Samuel 20:33

But as soon as Saul heard that, he suddenly threw his spear at his son. He meant to kill him dead, but he missed. So then Jonathan knew that his father really wanted to kill David.