1 Samuel 19

Saul Tries to Kill David

1 Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill a David; but Jonathan, Saul's son, b delighted greatly in David. 2 So Jonathan told David, saying, "My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide. 3 "And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you. Then what I observe, I will tell c you." 4 Thus Jonathan d spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, "Let not the king e sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you. 5 "For he took his f life in his hands and g killed the Philistine, and h the LORD brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. i Why then will you j sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?" 6 So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, "As the LORD lives, he shall not be killed." 7 Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence k as in times past.

8 And there was war again; and David went out and fought with the Philistines, l and struck them with a mighty blow, and they fled from him. 9 Now m the distressing spirit from the LORD came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing music with his hand. 10 Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul's presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.

11 n Saul also sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed." 12 So Michal o let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped. 13 And Michal took 1 an image and laid it in the bed, put a cover of goats' hair for his head, and covered it with clothes. 14 So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." 15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him." 16 And when the messengers had come in, there was the image in the bed, with a cover of goats' hair for his head. 17 Then Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me like this, and sent my enemy away, so that he has escaped?" And Michal answered Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! p Why should I kill you?' "

18 So David fled and escaped, and went to q Samuel at r Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. 19 Now it was told Saul, saying, "Take note, David is at Naioth in Ramah!" 20 Then s Saul sent messengers to take David. t And when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as leader over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also u prophesied. 21 And when Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. Then Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. 22 Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is at Sechu. So he asked, and said, "Where are Samuel and David?" And someone said, "Indeed they are at Naioth in Ramah." 23 So he went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then v the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on and prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 w And he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down x naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, y "Is Saul also among the prophets?" 2

  1. Cross References
    1 Samuel 18:5
    So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
  2. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:8
    According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day - with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods - so they are doing to you also.
    1 Samuel 8:9
    "Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them."
  3. Cross References
    1 Samuel 18:1
    Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
  4. Cross References
    1 Samuel 20:8 - 13
    "Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. Nevertheless, if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?"
  5. Cross References
    1 Samuel 20:32
    And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he be killed? What has he done?
    Proverbs 31:8
    Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die.
    Proverbs 31:9
    Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 42:22
    And Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not speak to you, saying, 'Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us.
    Proverbs 17:13
    Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
    Jeremiah 18:20
    Shall evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my life. Remember that I stood before You To speak good for them, To turn away Your wrath from them.
  7. Cross References
    Judges 9:17
    For my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian.
    Judges 12:3
    "So when I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the people of Ammon; and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?"
  8. Cross References
    1 Samuel 17:49
    Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
    1 Samuel 17:50
    So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David.
  9. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:13
    But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has accomplished salvation in Israel.
    1 Chronicles 11:14
    But they stationed themselves in the middle of that field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.
  10. Cross References
    1 Samuel 20:32
    And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he be killed? What has he done?
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 19:10 - 13
    Lest innocent blood be shed in the midst of your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and thus guilt of bloodshed be upon you.
  12. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:21
    So David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armorbearer.
    1 Samuel 18:2
    Saul took him that day, and would not let him go home to his father's house anymore.
    1 Samuel 18:10
    And it happened on the next day that the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; but there was a spear in Saul's hand.
    1 Samuel 18:13
    Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
  13. Cross References
    1 Samuel 18:27
    Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.
    1 Samuel 23:5
    And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines, struck them with a mighty blow, and took away their livestock. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
  14. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:14
    But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him.
    1 Samuel 18:10
    And it happened on the next day that the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; but there was a spear in Saul's hand.
    1 Samuel 18:11
    And Saul cast the spear, for he said, "I will pin David to the wall!" But David escaped his presence twice.
  15. Cross References
    Judges 16:2
    When the Gazites were told, "Samson has come here!" they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, "In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him.
    Psalms 59:1
    Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Defend me from those who rise up against me.
  16. Cross References
    Joshua 2:15
    Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall; she dwelt on the wall.
    Acts 9:25
    Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket.
    2 Corinthians 11:33
    But I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.
  17. Cross References
    2 Samuel 2:22
    So Abner said again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I face your brother Joab?
  18. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:13
    Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
  19. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:17
    But he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the LORD.
  20. Cross References
    1 Samuel 19:11
    Saul also sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.
    1 Samuel 19:14
    So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick.
    John 7:32
    The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.
  21. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:5
    After that you shall come to the hill of God wh...
    1 Samuel 10:6
    Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you,...
    1 Samuel 10:10
    When they came there to the hill, there was a g...
    1 Corinthians 14:3
    But he who prophesies speaks edification and ex...
    1 Corinthians 14:24
    But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an un...
    1 Corinthians 14:25
    And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed;...
  22. Cross References
    Numbers 11:25
    Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again.
    Joel 2:28
    And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions.
  23. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:10
    When they came there to the hill, there was a group of prophets to meet him; then the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
  24. Cross References
    Isaiah 20:2
    At the same time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and remove the sackcloth from your body, and take your sandals off your feet." And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
  25. Cross References
    Micah 1:8
    Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches.
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