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And Saul[H7586]spake[H1696] to Jonathan[H3129] his son[H1121], and to all his servants[H5650], that they should kill[H4191]David[H1732].
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But Jonathan[H3083]Saul[H7586]'s son[H1121]delighted[H2654]much[H3966] in David[H1732]: and Jonathan[H3083]told[H5046]David[H1732], saying[H559], Saul[H7586] my father[H1]seeketh[H1245] to kill[H4191] thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed[H8104] to thyself until the morning[H1242], and abide[H3427] in a secret[H5643] place, and hide[H2244] thyself:
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And I will go out[H3318] and stand[H5975]beside[H3027] my father[H1] in the field[H7704] where thou art, and I will commune[H1696] with my father[H1] of thee; and what[H4100] I see[H7200], that I will tell[H5046] thee.
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And Jonathan[H3083]spake[H1696]good[H2896] of David[H1732] unto Saul[H7586] his father[H1], and said[H559] unto him, Let not the king[H4428]sin[H2398] against his servant[H5650], against David[H1732]; because he hath not sinned[H2398] against thee, and because his works[H4639] have been to thee-ward very[H3966]good[H2896]:
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For he did put[H7760] his life[H5315] in his hand[H3709], and slew[H5221] the Philistine[H6430], and the LORD[H3068]wrought[H6213] a great[H1419]salvation[H8668] for all Israel[H3478]: thou sawest[H7200] it, and didst rejoice[H8055]: wherefore then wilt thou sin[H2398] against innocent[H5355]blood[H1818], to slay[H4191]David[H1732] without a cause?[H2600]
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And Saul[H7586]hearkened[H8085] unto the voice[H6963] of Jonathan[H3083]: and Saul[H7586]sware[H7650], As the LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416], he shall not[H518] be slain[H4191].
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And Jonathan[H3083]called[H7121]David[H1732], and Jonathan[H3083]shewed[H5046] him all those things[H1697]. And Jonathan[H3083]brought[H935]David[H1732] to Saul[H7586], and he was in his presence[H6440], as in times past[H865].
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And there was war[H4421]again[H3254]: and David[H1732] went out[H3318], and fought[H3898] with the Philistines[H6430], and slew[H5221] them with a great[H1419]slaughter[H4347]; and they fled[H5127]from[H6440] him.
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And the evil[H7451]spirit[H7307] from the LORD[H3068] was upon Saul[H7586], as he sat[H3427] in his house[H1004] with his javelin[H2595] in his hand[H3027]: and David[H1732]played[H5059] with his hand[H3027].
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And Saul[H7586]sought[H1245] to smite[H5221]David[H1732] even to the wall[H7023] with the javelin[H2595]; but he slipped away[H6362] out of Saul[H7586]'s presence[H6440], and he smote[H5221] the javelin[H2595] into the wall[H7023]: and David[H1732]fled[H5127], and escaped[H4422] that night[H3915].
11Saul[H7586] also sent[H7971]messengers[H4397] unto David's house[H1004], to watch[H8104] him, and to slay[H4191] him in the morning[H1242]: and Michal[H4324] David's wife[H802]told[H5046] him, saying[H559], If thou save[H4422] not thy life[H5315] to night[H3915], to morrow[H4279] thou shalt be slain[H4191].
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So Michal[H4324]let[H3381]David[H1732]down[H3381] through a window[H2474]: and he went[H3212], and fled[H1272], and escaped[H4422].
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And Michal[H4324]took[H3947] an image[H8655], and laid[H7760] it in the bed[H4296], and put[H7760] a pillow[H3523] of goats[H5795]' hair for his bolster[H4763], and covered[H3680] it with a cloth[H899].
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And when Saul[H7586]sent[H7971]messengers[H4397] to take[H3947]David[H1732], she said[H559], He is sick[H2470].
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And Saul[H7586]sent[H7971] the messengers[H4397] again to see[H7200]David[H1732], saying[H559], Bring him up[H5927] to me in the bed[H4296], that I may slay[H4191] him.
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And when the messengers[H4397] were come in[H935], behold, there was an image[H8655]in[H935] the bed[H4296], with a pillow[H3523] of goats[H5795]' hair for his bolster[H4763].
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And Saul[H7586]said[H559] unto Michal[H4324], Why hast thou deceived me so[H7411], and sent away[H7971] mine enemy[H341], that he is escaped?[H4422] And Michal[H4324]answered[H559]Saul[H7586], He said[H559] unto me, Let me go[H7971]; why should I kill[H4191] thee?
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So David[H1732]fled[H1272], and escaped[H4422], and came[H935] to Samuel[H8050] to Ramah[H7414], and told[H5046] him all that Saul[H7586] had done[H6213] to him. And he and Samuel[H8050]went[H3212] and dwelt[H3427] in Naioth[H5121].
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And it was told[H5046]Saul[H7586], saying[H559], Behold, David[H1732] is at Naioth[H5121] in Ramah[H7414].
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And Saul[H7586]sent[H7971]messengers[H4397] to take[H3947]David[H1732]: and when they saw[H7200] the company[H3862] of the prophets[H5030]prophesying[H5012], and Samuel[H8050]standing[H5975] as appointed[H5324] over them, the Spirit[H7307] of God[H430] was upon the messengers[H4397] of Saul[H7586], and they also prophesied[H5012].
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And when it was told[H5046]Saul[H7586], he sent[H7971]other[H312]messengers[H4397], and they prophesied[H5012] likewise. And Saul[H7586]sent[H7971]messengers[H4397]again[H3254] the third[H7992] time, and they prophesied[H5012] also.
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Then went[H3212] he also to Ramah[H7414], and came[H935] to a great[H1419]well[H953] that is in Sechu[H7906]: and he asked[H7592] and said[H559], Where[H375] are Samuel[H8050] and David?[H1732] And one said[H559], Behold, they be at Naioth[H5121] in Ramah[H7414].
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And he went[H3212] thither to Naioth[H5121] in Ramah[H7414]: and the Spirit[H7307] of God[H430] was upon him also, and he went[H3212]on[H1980], and prophesied[H5012], until he came[H935] to Naioth[H5121] in Ramah[H7414].
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And he stripped off[H6584] his clothes[H899]also[H1571], and prophesied[H5012]before[H6440]Samuel[H8050] in like manner, and lay down[H5307]naked[H6174] all that day[H3117] and all that night[H3915]. Wherefore they say[H559], Is Saul[H7586]also[H1571] among the prophets?[H5030]