The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called The First Book of the Kings 19

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¹ And Saul spake to Jonathan his son and to all his servants that they should kill David ⚑

² But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David and Jonathan 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 Jonathan 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 Philistine and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel thou sawest it and didst rejoice wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood to slay David without a cause ⚑

⁸ And there was war again and David went out and fought with the Philistines and slew them with a great slaughter and they fled from him ⚑

⁹ And the evil spirit from the LORD 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 ⚑

¹³ And Michal 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 ⚑

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

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

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

²² Then went he also to Ramah and came to a great well that is in Sechu and he asked and said Where are Samuel 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 God 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 Samuel in like manner and lay down naked all that day and all that night Wherefore they say Is Saul also among the prophets ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain