1 Samuel 19

¹ And Saul speaks unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, to put David to death, ² and Jonathan son of Saul delighted exceedingly in David, and Jonathan declares to David, saying, "Saul my father is seeking to put you to death, and, now, take heed, I pray you, in the morning, and you have abode in a secret place, and been hidden, ³ and I - I go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where you [are], and I speak of you unto my father, and have seen what [is coming], and have declared to you." ⁴ And Jonathan speaks good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, "Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works for you [are] very good; ⁵ yea, he puts his life in his hand, and smites the Philistine, and Yahweh works a great salvation for all Israel; you have seen, and do rejoice, and why do you sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?" ⁶ And Saul hearkens to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swears, "Yahweh lives - he does not die." ⁷ And Jonathan calls for David, and Jonathan declares to him all these words, and Jonathan brings in David unto Saul, and he is before him as heretofore. ⁸ And there adds to be war, and David goes out and fights against the Philistines, and smites among them - a great smiting, and they flee from his face. ⁹ And a spirit of sadness [from] Yahweh is unto Saul, and he is sitting in his house, and his javelin in his hand, and David is playing with the hand, ¹⁰ and Saul seeks to smite with the javelin through David, and through the wall, and he frees himself from the presence of Saul, and he smites the javelin through the wall; and David has fled and escapes during that night. ¹¹ And Saul sends messengers unto the house of David to watch him, and to put him to death in the morning; and Michal his wife declares to David, saying, "If you are not delivering your life to-night - tomorrow you are put to death." ¹² And Michal causes David to go down through the window, and he goes on, and flees, and escapes; ¹³ and Michal takes the teraphim, and lays on the bed, and the mattress of goats' [hair] she has put [for] his pillows, and covers with a garment. ¹⁴ And Saul sends messengers to take David, and she said, "He [is] sick." ¹⁵ And Saul sends the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up in the bed unto me, - to put him to death." ¹⁶ And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats' [hair], [for] his pillows. ¹⁷ And Saul said unto Michal, "Why thus have you deceived me - that you do send away mine enemy, and he is escaped?" and Michal said unto Saul, "He said unto me, Send me away: why do I put you to death?" ¹⁸ And David has fled, and is escaped, and comes in unto Samuel to Ramath, and declares to him all that Saul has done to him, and he goes, he and Samuel, and they dwell in Naioth. ¹⁹ And it is declared to Saul, saying, "Lo, David [is] in Naioth in Ramah." ²⁰ And Saul sends messengers to take David, and they see the assembly of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing, set over them, and the Spirit of Elohim is on Saul's messengers, and they prophesy - they also. ²¹ And they declare [it] to Saul, and he sends other messengers, and they prophesy - they also; and Saul adds and sends messengers a third time, and they prophesy - they also. ²² And he goes - he also - to Ramath, and comes in unto the great well which [is] in Sechu, and asks, and said, "Where [are] Samuel and David?" and [one] said, "Lo, in Naioth in Ramah." ²³ And he goes thither - unto Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of Elohim is upon him - him also; and he goes, going on, and he prophesies till his coming in to Naioth in Ramah, ²⁴ and he strips off - he also - his garments, and prophesies - he also - before Samuel, and falls down naked all that day and all the night; therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"