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1 Samuel 19 (WEBP)

[1] Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David.
[2] Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, live 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 with my father about you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.”
[4] Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king 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 put his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it 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 Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.”
[7] Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
[8] There was war again. David went out and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.
[9] An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing music with his hand.
[10] Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence; and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled and escaped that night.
[11] Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
[12] So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped.
[13] Michal took the teraphim and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head and covered it with clothes.
[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, that I may kill him.”
[16] When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
[17] Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’ ”
[18] Now David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.
[19] Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
[20] Saul sent messengers to seize David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, God’s Spirit came on Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.
[21] When Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.
[22] Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”
[23] He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then God’s Spirit came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
[24] He also stripped off his clothes. He also prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

1 Samuel 19:13 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 19 (KJVS)

[1] And Saul spake () to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill () David.
[2] But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted () much in David: and Jonathan told () David, saying, () Saul my father seeketh () to kill () thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed () to thyself until the morning, and abide () in a secret place, and hide () thyself:
[3] and I will go out () and stand () beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune () with my father of thee; and what I see, () that I will tell () thee.
[4] And Jonathan spake () good of David unto Saul his father, and said () unto him, Let not the king sin () against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned () against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
[5] for he did put () his life in his hand, and slew () the Philistine, and the Lord wrought () a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest () it, and didst rejoice: () wherefore then wilt thou sin () against innocent blood, to slay () David without a cause?
[6] And Saul hearkened () unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, () As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. ()
[7] And Jonathan called () David, and Jonathan shewed () him all those things. And Jonathan brought () David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
[8] And there was war again: () and David went out, () and fought () with the Philistines, and slew () them with a great slaughter; and they fled () from him.
[9] And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat () in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played () with his hand.
[10] And Saul sought () to smite () David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away () out of Saul’s presence, and he smote () the javelin into the wall: and David fled, () and escaped () that night.
[11] Saul also sent () messengers unto David’s house, to watch () him, and to slay () him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told () him, saying, () If thou save () not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. ()
[12] So Michal let David down () through a window: and he went, () and fled, () and escaped. ()
[13] And Michal took () an image, and laid () it in the bed, and put () a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered () it with a cloth.
[14] And when Saul sent () messengers to take () David, she said, () He is sick. ()
[15] And Saul sent () the messengers again to see () David, saying, () Bring him up () to me in the bed, that I may slay () him.
[16] And when the messengers were come in, () behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
[17] And Saul said () unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, () and sent away () mine enemy, () that he is escaped? () And Michal answered () Saul, He said () unto me, Let me go; () why should I kill () thee?
[18] So David fled, () and escaped, () and came () to Samuel to Ramah, and told () him all that Saul had done () to him. And he and Samuel went () and dwelt () in Naioth.
[19] And it was told () Saul, saying, () Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
[20] And 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 was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. ()
[21] And when it was told () Saul, he sent () other messengers, and they prophesied () likewise. And Saul sent () messengers again () the third time, and they prophesied () also.
[22] Then went () he also to Ramah, and came () to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked () and said, () Where are Samuel and David? And one said, () Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
[23] And he went () thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went () on, () and prophesied, () until he came () to Naioth in Ramah.
[24] And he stripped off () his clothes also, and prophesied () before Samuel in like manner, and lay down () naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, () Is Saul also among the prophets?

1 Samuel 19:8 Heb. his face
1 Samuel 19:24 Heb. fell

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 19 (BYZ)

[1] και ελαλησεν σαουλ προς ιωναθαν τον υιον αυτου και προς παντας τους παιδας αυτου θανατωσαι τον δαυιδ και ιωναθαν υιος σαουλ ηρειτο τον δαυιδ σφοδρα
[2] και απηγγειλεν ιωναθαν τω δαυιδ λεγων σαουλ ζητει θανατωσαι σε φυλαξαι ουν αυριον πρωι και κρυβηθι και καθισον κρυβη
[3] και εγω εξελευσομαι και στησομαι εχομενος του πατρος μου εν αγρω ου εαν ης εκει και εγω λαλησω περι σου προς τον πατερα μου και οψομαι ο τι εαν η και απαγγελω σοι
[4] και ελαλησεν ιωναθαν περι δαυιδ αγαθα προς σαουλ τον πατερα αυτου και ειπεν προς αυτον μη αμαρτησατω ο βασιλευς εις τον δουλον σου δαυιδ οτι ουχ ημαρτηκεν εις σε και τα ποιηματα αυτου αγαθα σφοδρα
[5] και εθετο την ψυχην αυτου εν τη χειρι αυτου και επαταξεν τον αλλοφυλον και εποιησεν κυριος σωτηριαν μεγαλην και πας ισραηλ ειδον και εχαρησαν και ινα τι αμαρτανεις εις αιμα αθωον θανατωσαι τον δαυιδ δωρεαν
[6] και ηκουσεν σαουλ της φωνης ιωναθαν και ωμοσεν σαουλ λεγων ζη κυριος ει αποθανειται
[7] και εκαλεσεν ιωναθαν τον δαυιδ και απηγγειλεν αυτω παντα τα ρηματα ταυτα και εισηγαγεν ιωναθαν τον δαυιδ προς σαουλ και ην ενωπιον αυτου ωσει εχθες και τριτην ημεραν
[8] και προσεθετο ο πολεμος γενεσθαι προς σαουλ και κατισχυσεν δαυιδ και επολεμησεν τους αλλοφυλους και επαταξεν εν αυτοις πληγην μεγαλην σφοδρα και εφυγον εκ προσωπου αυτου
[9] και εγενετο πνευμα θεου πονηρον επι σαουλ και αυτος εν οικω καθευδων και δορυ εν τη χειρι αυτου και δαυιδ εψαλλεν εν ταις χερσιν αυτου
[10] και εζητει σαουλ παταξαι το δορυ εις δαυιδ και απεστη δαυιδ εκ προσωπου σαουλ και επαταξεν το δορυ εις τον τοιχον και δαυιδ ανεχωρησεν και διεσωθη
[11] και εγενηθη εν τη νυκτι εκεινη και απεστειλεν σαουλ αγγελους εις οικον δαυιδ φυλαξαι αυτον του θανατωσαι αυτον πρωι και απηγγειλεν τω δαυιδ μελχολ η γυνη αυτου λεγουσα εαν μη συ σωσης την ψυχην σαυτου την νυκτα ταυτην αυριον θανατωθηση
[12] και καταγει η μελχολ τον δαυιδ δια της θυριδος και απηλθεν και εφυγεν και σωζεται
[13] και ελαβεν η μελχολ τα κενοταφια και εθετο επι την κλινην και ηπαρ των αιγων εθετο προς κεφαλης αυτου και εκαλυψεν αυτα ιματιω
[14] και απεστειλεν σαουλ αγγελους λαβειν τον δαυιδ και λεγουσιν ενοχλεισθαι αυτον
[15] και αποστελλει επι τον δαυιδ λεγων αγαγετε αυτον επι της κλινης προς με του θανατωσαι αυτον
[16] και ερχονται οι αγγελοι και ιδου τα κενοταφια επι της κλινης και ηπαρ των αιγων προς κεφαλης αυτου
[17] και ειπεν σαουλ τη μελχολ ινα τι ουτως παρελογισω με και εξαπεστειλας τον εχθρον μου και διεσωθη και ειπεν μελχολ τω σαουλ αυτος ειπεν εξαποστειλον με ει δε μη θανατωσω σε
[18] και δαυιδ εφυγεν και διεσωθη και παραγινεται προς σαμουηλ εις αρμαθαιμ και απαγγελλει αυτω παντα οσα εποιησεν αυτω σαουλ και επορευθη δαυιδ και σαμουηλ και εκαθισαν εν ναυαθ εν ραμα
[19] και απηγγελη τω σαουλ λεγοντες ιδου δαυιδ εν ναυαθ εν ραμα
[20] και απεστειλεν σαουλ αγγελους λαβειν τον δαυιδ και ειδαν την εκκλησιαν των προφητων και σαμουηλ ειστηκει καθεστηκως επ αυτων και εγενηθη επι τους αγγελους του σαουλ πνευμα θεου και προφητευουσιν
[21] και απηγγελη τω σαουλ και απεστειλεν αγγελους ετερους και επροφητευσαν και αυτοι και προσεθετο σαουλ αποστειλαι αγγελους τριτους και επροφητευσαν και αυτοι
[22] και εθυμωθη οργη σαουλ και επορευθη και αυτος εις αρμαθαιμ και ερχεται εως του φρεατος του αλω του εν τω σεφι και ηρωτησεν και ειπεν που σαμουηλ και δαυιδ και ειπαν ιδου εν ναυαθ εν ραμα
[23] και επορευθη εκειθεν εις ναυαθ εν ραμα και εγενηθη και επ αυτω πνευμα θεου και επορευετο προφητευων εως του ελθειν αυτον εις ναυαθ εν ραμα
[24] και εξεδυσατο τα ιματια αυτου και επροφητευσεν ενωπιον αυτων και επεσεν γυμνος ολην την ημεραν εκεινην και ολην την νυκτα δια τουτο ελεγον ει και σαουλ εν προφηταις