1 Samuel 19

And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all of his servants to kill David. But Jonathan, the son of Saul, delighted greatly in David,

so Jonathan declared to David, saying, “Saul my father is seeking to kill you. And now, please guard yourself in the morning and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

And I myself will go out and stand at the hand of my father in the field where you {are} there, and I myself will speak about you to my father, and I will see what, and I will declare to you.” \*

And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and he said to him, “May the king not sin against his servant, against David, for he has not sinned against you, but surely his deeds {have been} very good for you.

And he put his life in his palm and struck the Philistine, and God made a great salvation for all of Israel. You saw and rejoiced. So why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?” \*

And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “The life of God, he shall not be killed”

And Jonathan called to David, and Jonathan declared to him all of these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was to his face as yesterday and the third day. \*

And there resumed to be war, and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and he struck a great striking against them, and they fled from his face.

And a bad spirit from God came upon Saul, and he was sitting in his house, and his spear {was} in his hand, and David was playing by hand. \*

And Saul sought to strike David with the spear, and into the wall, but he escaped from the face of Saul, and he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and rescued himself on that night. \*

And Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal his wife declared to David, saying, “If you are not rescuing your life tonight, tomorrow you will be being killed.”

And Michal lowered David through the window. And he went and fled and rescued himself.

And Michal took the teraphim and put {it} on the bed. And she put a weaving of goats at its head, and she covered {it} with clothing.

And Saul sent messengers to take David. But she said, “He {is} sick.” \*

So Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed to kill him.”

And the messengers came, and behold, the teraphim {was} on the bed, and the weaving of goats {was} at its head.

And Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he rescued himself?” And Michal said to Saul, “He himself said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’” \*

Now David fled and rescued himself, and he came to Samuel in Ramah, and he declared to him all that Saul had done to him. And he went, and Samuel, and they stayed in Naioth.

And it was declared to Saul, saying, “Behold, David {is} in Naioth in Ramah.”

And Saul sent messengers to take David. And one saw a group of prophets prophesying, and Samuel was standing, having stationed himself over them. And the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. \*

And they declared {this} to Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul added and sent messengers a third {time}, and they also prophesied.

So he went, he also, to Ramah, and he came to the great cistern that {is} in Secu. And he asked and said, “Where {are} Samuel and David?” And one said, “Behold, in Naioth in Ramah.” \*

So he went thence, to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God came upon him, him also, and going, he went, and he prophesied until he entered into Naioth in Ramah.

And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied to the face of Samuel. And he lay naked all of that day and all of the night. Therefore they said, “{Is} Saul also among the prophets?” \*