1 Samuel 19 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And Sha’ul spoke to Yonathan his son and to all his servants, to put Dawiḏ

² and Yehonathan declared to Dawiḏ

³ “And I myself shall go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and speak with my father about you, and shall see, and shall let you know.”

⁴ And Yehonathan spoke well of Dawiḏ

⁵ “For he took his life in his hands and smote the Philistine, and יהוה  wrought a great deliverance for all Yisra’ĕ

⁶ And Sha’ul listened to the voice of Yehonathan, and Sha’ul swore, “As יהוה  lives, he does not die.”

⁷ Yehonathan then called Dawiḏ

⁸ And there was fighting again, and Dawiḏ

⁹ And an evil spirit from יהוה  came upon Sha’ul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And Dawiḏ

¹⁰ and Sha’ul sought to smite the spear through Dawiḏ

¹¹ And Sha’ul sent messengers to Dawiḏ

¹² So Miḵ

¹³ And Miḵ

¹⁴ And when Sha’ul sent messengers to take Dawiḏ

¹⁵ And Sha’ul sent the messengers back to see Dawiḏ

¹⁶ And the messengers came in and saw the household idol in the bed, with a cover of goats’ hair for his head.

¹⁷ Sha’ul then said to Miḵ

¹⁸ Now Dawiḏ

¹⁹ And it was reported to Sha’ul, saying, “See, Dawiḏ

²⁰ And Sha’ul sent messengers to take Dawiḏ

²¹ And when Sha’ul was told, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. So Sha’ul sent messengers again, the third time, and they prophesied also.

²² Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is at Seḵ

²³ So he went there to Nawith in Ramah. And the Spirit of Elohim was upon him too, and he went on and prophesied until he came to Nawith in Ramah.

²⁴ And he also stripped off his garments and prophesied before Shemu’ĕ