1 Samuel 19 - Israeli Authorized Version

¹ And Saul spake to Yhonatan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

² But Yhonatan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Yhonatan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

³ And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

⁴ And Yhonatan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

⁵ For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Plishti, and YY wrought a great salvation for all Yisrael: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

⁶ And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Yhonatan: and Saul sware, As YY liveth, he shall not be slain.

⁷ And Yhonatan called David, and Yhonatan shewed him all those things. And Yhonatan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

⁸ And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Plishtim, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

⁹ And the evil spirit from YY was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.

¹⁰ And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

¹¹ Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Mikhal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

¹² So Mikhal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

¹³ And Mikhal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

¹⁴ And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

¹⁵ And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

¹⁶ And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.

¹⁷ And Saul said unto Mikhal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Mikhal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

¹⁸ So David fled, and escaped, and came to Shmuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Shmuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

¹⁹ And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

²⁰ And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Shmuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of Elohim was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

²¹ And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.

²² Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Shmuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

²³ And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of Elohim was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

²⁴ And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Shmuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?