 1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. 2 But Saul's son Jonathan loved David very much so Jonathan told David, My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore, be careful until morning and stay in a secret place and hide yourself. 3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are and I will talk about you with my father and I will tell you what I see. 4 Jonathan spoke good of David to his father saul and said to him, Do not let the king sin against his servant David because he has not sinned against you and because his works are very good toward you. 5 For he took his life in his hand and killed the Philistine and the Lord worked out a great salvation for all Israel. You saw and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood to kill David without a cause? 6 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. And Saul swore, As the Lord lives, he shall not die. 7 Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past. 8 There was war again and David fought with the Philistines, killed them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him. 9 The evil spirit from the Lord was on Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David played with his hand. 10 Saul thought to strike David even to the wall with the spear. But he burst forth from Saul's presence and struck the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night. 11 Saul also sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And David's wife Michal told him saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed. 12 Michal let David down through a window. And he left and hurried away, and escaped. 13 Michal took an image and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with a cloth. 14 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 Saul sent the messengers to see David saying, Bring him up to me in the bed so that I may kill him. 16 The messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed with a pillow of goats' hair at its head. 17 Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away my enemy so that he has escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go. Why should I kill you? 18 David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel, to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel lived in Naioth. 19 It was told to Saul saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 Saul sent messengers to take David. And when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God came on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21 They told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers the third time, and they prophesied also. 22 He also went to Ramah, and came to a great well in Sechu. And he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, at Naioth in Ramah. 23 He went to Naioth in Ramah and the Spirit of God was on him. As he went, he prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 He stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay down disrobed all that day and all that night. Because of this they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
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