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ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Saul spake
to
Jonathan
his son ,
and to
all his servants ,
that
they
should
slay
David. But Jonathan ,
Saul's
son,
delighted much
in David .
Then
Saul ordered
his son Jonathan
and all his servants to
kill
David. But Jonathan delighted greatly
in David ,
And
Jonathan
told
David, saying, Saul
my father seeketh
to
slay
thee:
now
therefore,
I
pray
thee,
take
heed
to thyself
in the morning ,
and
abide
in
a secret place ,
and hide thyself:
so
he
warned
David, saying, “
My father Saul
intends
to kill
you.
Be
on
your
guard
in the morning ;
find
a secret place and hide there.
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 if I see
aught
, I will tell thee
.
I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you
are
, so
I can
ask
about
you.
And if I find
out
anything
, I will tell you
. ”
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:
Then
Jonathan spoke
well
of David to
his father Saul
and said to
him, “
The king should
not
sin against his servant David; he has
not sinned against you.
In
fact
, his actions
have been highly
beneficial
to you.
for
he put
his life in his hand,
and
smote
the Philistine, and Jehovah
wrought
a great victory
for all Israel :
thou
sawest
it ,
and didst
rejoice;
wherefore
then
wilt
thou
sin against innocent blood ,
to
slay
David without
a
cause
?
He took
his life in his hands
when
he
struck
down
the Philistine, and the
LORD
worked
a great salvation
for all Israel .
You
saw
it and rejoiced,
so
why
would
you
sin against innocent blood by
killing
David for
no
reason
? ”
And
Saul hearkened
unto
the voice of Jonathan :
and Saul
sware,
As Jehovah
liveth
, he
shall
not be put to death.
Saul listened
to
the voice of Jonathan and swore
an
oath:
“
As surely
as
the
LORD
lives
, David
will
not be put to death. ”
And
Jonathan called
David ,
and Jonathan
showed
him all those
things. And
Jonathan brought David to Saul ,
and
he
was
in
his
presence,
as beforetime
.
So
Jonathan summoned
David and told
him all these
things. Then
Jonathan brought David to Saul to
serve
him
as he
had
before
.
And
there
was
war again :
and
David went out ,
and fought with
the Philistines ,
and slew
them with a great
slaughter;
and
they fled before him.
When
war broke
out
again ,
David went out and fought the Philistines and struck
them with such
a mighty
blow
that
they fled before him.
And
an
evil
spirit
from
Jehovah
was
upon
Saul,
as he
sat
in his house with his spear in his hand ;
and
David was playing with
his
hand.
But
as Saul
was
sitting
in his house with his spear in his hand ,
a
spirit
of
distress
from
the
LORD
came
upon
him.
While
David was playing the
harp,
And
Saul sought
to smite
David
even
to the wall with the
spear ;
but he
slipped
away
out
of
Saul's
presence,
and
he
smote
the spear into
the wall :
and David fled
, and escaped that night.
Saul tried
to pin
him
to the wall with his
spear .
But the spear struck
the wall and David eluded
him
, ran
away,
and escaped that night.
And
Saul sent messengers unto
David's
house ,
to watch him ,
and to
slay
him in the morning :
and
Michal,
David's
wife ,
told
him, saying,
If thou
save
not thy
life to-night
, to-morrow
thou
wilt
be slain.
Then
Saul sent messengers to
David’s
house to watch him and kill
him in the morning .
But
David’s
wife Michal
warned
him, “
If you
do
not run
for
your
life tonight
, tomorrow
you
will
be dead!”
So Michal let
David down
through
the window :
and
he
went
, and fled,
and escaped.
So Michal lowered
David from
the window, and he
ran
away
and escaped.
And
Michal took the
teraphim,
and laid it in the bed, and
put
a
pillow
of
goats'
`
hair '
at
the
head thereof
, and covered it with the
clothes
.
Then
Michal took a
household
idol
and laid it in the bed, placed
some
goat
hair on
its
head, and covered it with a
garment
.
And
when Saul sent messengers to take
David, she
said, He is sick
.
When Saul sent the
messengers to seize
David, Michal
said, “
He is ill
. ”
And
Saul sent the messengers to see David ,
saying
, Bring him up to me in the
bed ,
that
I may
slay
him.
But
Saul sent the messengers back
to see David and
told
them
, “
Bring him up to me in his
bed so
I can
kill
him. ”
And when the messengers came
in,
behold
, the
teraphim
was in the bed ,
with the pillow
of goats '
`
hair '
at
the
head thereof
.
And when the messengers entered
, there
was the
idol
in the bed with the quilt
of goats ’
hair on
its
head.
And Saul said unto
Michal, Why hast
thou
deceived
me thus,
and
let
mine
enemy go,
so
that
he is
escaped ?
And
Michal answered
Saul
, He said unto
me, Let
me go;
why
should
I kill thee?
And Saul said to
Michal, “
Why did
you
deceive
me like
this?
You
sent
my
enemy away
and
he has
escaped !”
Michal replied
, “
He said to
me, ‘Help
me get
away,
or
I will
kill you!’”
Now
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.
So
David ran
away
and escaped .
And he
went
to Samuel at
Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then
he and Samuel went to
Naioth and
stayed
there
.
And
it
was told Saul,
saying,
Behold,
David is
at Naioth in Ramah .
When
Saul
was told that
David was
at Naioth in Ramah ,
And
Saul
sent messengers to take
David:
and
when they saw the company
of the
prophets prophesying, and
Samuel standing
as
head
over
them, the Spirit of God came upon the
messengers
of
Saul
, and they
also prophesied
.
he
sent messengers to capture
him.
But
when they saw the group
of prophets prophesying, with
Samuel leading
them, the Spirit of God came upon them
, and Saul’s
messengers
also began
to
prophesy
.
And
when it
was told
Saul, he sent other
messengers, and
they also
prophesied
. And
Saul sent messengers again
the
third time, and they also
prophesied
.
When this
was reported
to
Saul, he sent more
messengers, but
they began
to
prophesy
as
well
. So
Saul tried
again
and
sent messengers a
third time, and even
they began
to
prophesy
.
Then
went
he
also
to
Ramah
, and came to the great
well
that
is
in
Secu :
and
he asked and
said
, Where are Samuel and David? And
one
said,
Behold,
they
are
at Naioth in Ramah.
Finally
, Saul
himself
left
for
Ramah
and came to the large
cistern
at
Secu ,
where
he asked, “
Where are Samuel and David? ”
“
At Naioth in Ramah ,”
he
was
told
.
And
he
went thither
to Naioth in Ramah :
and
the Spirit of God came upon him
also
, and he went
on,
and
prophesied,
until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
So
Saul
went to Naioth in Ramah .
But
the Spirit of God came upon even
Saul
, and he walked
along
prophesying
until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
And
he
also
stripped off his clothes,
and he
also prophesied before Samuel ,
and lay down
naked all that day and all
that
night. Wherefore
they
say
, Is Saul also among the prophets?
Then
Saul
stripped off his robes
and also prophesied before Samuel .
And he
collapsed
and
lay naked all that day and night. That
is
why
it
is
said
, “
Is Saul also among the prophets? ”
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