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World English Bible

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] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () Σαουλ () πρὸς () Ιωναθαν τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πρὸς () πάντας () τοὺς () παῖδας () αὐτοῦ () θανατῶσαι () τὸν () Δαυιδ. () Καὶ () Ιωναθαν υἱὸς () Σαουλ () ᾑρεῖτο () τὸν () Δαυιδ () σφόδρα, ()
[2] καὶ () ἀπήγγειλεν () Ιωναθαν τῷ () Δαυιδ () λέγων () Σαουλ () ζητεῖ () θανατῶσαί () σε· () φύλαξαι () οὖν () αὔριον () πρωῒ () καὶ () κρύβηθι () καὶ () κάθισον () κρυβῇ, ()
[3] καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἐξελεύσομαι () καὶ () στήσομαι () ἐχόμενος () τοῦ () πατρός () μου () ἐν () ἀγρῷ, () οὗ () ἐὰν () ᾖς () ἐκεῖ, () καὶ () ἐγὼ () λαλήσω () περὶ () σοῦ () πρὸς () τὸν () πατέρα () μου () καὶ () ὄψομαι () ὅ () τι () ἐὰν () ᾖ, () καὶ () ἀπαγγελῶ () σοι. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () Ιωναθαν περὶ () Δαυιδ () ἀγαθὰ () πρὸς () Σαουλ () τὸν () πατέρα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Μὴ () ἁμαρτησάτω () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () εἰς () τὸν () δοῦλόν () σου () Δαυιδ, () ὅτι () οὐχ () ἡμάρτηκεν () εἰς () σέ, () καὶ () τὰ () ποιήματα () αὐτοῦ () ἀγαθὰ () σφόδρα, ()
[5] καὶ () ἔθετο () τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () χειρὶ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () τὸν () ἀλλόφυλον, () καὶ () ἐποίησεν () κύριος () σωτηρίαν () μεγάλην, () καὶ () πᾶς () Ισραηλ () εἶδον () καὶ () ἐχάρησαν· () καὶ () ἵνα () τί () ἁμαρτάνεις () εἰς () αἷμα () ἀθῷον () θανατῶσαι () τὸν () Δαυιδ () δωρεάν; ()
[6] Καὶ () ἤκουσεν () Σαουλ () τῆς () φωνῆς () Ιωναθαν, καὶ () ὤμοσεν () Σαουλ () λέγων () Ζῇ () κύριος, () εἰ () ἀποθανεῖται. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () Ιωναθαν τὸν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ἀπήγγειλεν () αὐτῷ () πάντα () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα, () καὶ () εἰσήγαγεν () Ιωναθαν τὸν () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () Σαουλ, () καὶ () ἦν () ἐνώπιον () αὐτοῦ () ὡσεὶ () ἐχθὲς () καὶ () τρίτην () ἡμέραν. () —
[8] καὶ () προσέθετο () ὁ () πόλεμος () γενέσθαι () πρὸς () Σαουλ, () καὶ () κατίσχυσεν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ἐπολέμησεν () τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () πληγὴν () μεγάλην () σφόδρα, () καὶ () ἔφυγον () ἐκ () προσώπου () αὐτοῦ. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () πνεῦμα () θεοῦ () πονηρὸν () ἐπὶ () Σαουλ, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἐν () οἴκῳ () καθεύδων, () καὶ () δόρυ ἐν () τῇ () χειρὶ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () Δαυιδ () ἔψαλλεν () ἐν () ταῖς () χερσὶν () αὐτοῦ· ()
[10] καὶ () ἐζήτει () Σαουλ () πατάξαι () τὸ () δόρυ εἰς () Δαυιδ, () καὶ () ἀπέστη () Δαυιδ () ἐκ () προσώπου () Σαουλ, () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () τὸ () δόρυ εἰς () τὸν () τοῖχον, () καὶ () Δαυιδ () ἀνεχώρησεν () καὶ () διεσώθη. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἐν () τῇ () νυκτὶ () ἐκείνῃ () καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Σαουλ () ἀγγέλους () εἰς () οἶκον () Δαυιδ () φυλάξαι () αὐτὸν () τοῦ () θανατῶσαι () αὐτὸν () πρωί. () Καὶ () ἀπήγγειλεν () τῷ () Δαυιδ () Μελχολ ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () λέγουσα () Ἐὰν () μὴ () σὺ () σώσῃς () τὴν () ψυχὴν () σαυτοῦ () τὴν () νύκτα () ταύτην, () αὔριον () θανατωθήσῃ. ()
[12] Καὶ () κατάγει () ἡ () Μελχολ τὸν () Δαυιδ () διὰ () τῆς () θυρίδος, () καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () καὶ () ἔφυγεν () καὶ () σῴζεται. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () ἡ () Μελχολ τὰ () κενοτάφια καὶ () ἔθετο () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κλίνην () καὶ () ἧπαρ τῶν () αἰγῶν ἔθετο () πρὸς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐκάλυψεν () αὐτὰ () ἱματίῳ. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Σαουλ () ἀγγέλους () λαβεῖν () τὸν () Δαυιδ, () καὶ () λέγουσιν () ἐνοχλεῖσθαι () αὐτόν. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἀποστέλλει () ἐπὶ () τὸν () Δαυιδ () λέγων () Ἀγάγετε () αὐτὸν () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κλίνης () πρός () με () τοῦ () θανατῶσαι () αὐτόν. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἔρχονται () οἱ () ἄγγελοι, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () τὰ () κενοτάφια ἐπὶ () τῆς () κλίνης, () καὶ () ἧπαρ τῶν () αἰγῶν πρὸς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[17] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαουλ () τῇ () Μελχολ Ἵνα () τί () οὕτως () παρελογίσω () με () καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλας () τὸν () ἐχθρόν () μου () καὶ () διεσώθη; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Μελχολ τῷ () Σαουλ () Αὐτὸς () εἶπεν () Ἐξαπόστειλόν () με· () εἰ () δὲ () μή, () θανατώσω () σε. ()
[18] Καὶ () Δαυιδ () ἔφυγεν () καὶ () διεσώθη () καὶ () παραγίνεται () πρὸς () Σαμουηλ () εἰς () Αρμαθαιμ καὶ () ἀπαγγέλλει () αὐτῷ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐποίησεν () αὐτῷ () Σαουλ, () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () Δαυιδ () καὶ () Σαμουηλ () καὶ () ἐκάθισαν () ἐν () Ναυαθ ἐν () Ραμα. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἀπηγγέλη () τῷ () Σαουλ () λέγοντες () Ἰδοὺ () Δαυιδ () ἐν () Ναυαθ ἐν () Ραμα. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Σαουλ () ἀγγέλους () λαβεῖν () τὸν () Δαυιδ, () καὶ () εἶδαν () τὴν () ἐκκλησίαν () τῶν () προφητῶν, () καὶ () Σαμουηλ () εἱστήκει () καθεστηκὼς () ἐπ’ () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ἀγγέλους () τοῦ () Σαουλ () πνεῦμα () θεοῦ, () καὶ () προφητεύουσιν. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἀπηγγέλη () τῷ () Σαουλ, () καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () ἀγγέλους () ἑτέρους, () καὶ () ἐπροφήτευσαν () καὶ () αὐτοί. () Καὶ () προσέθετο () Σαουλ () ἀποστεῖλαι () ἀγγέλους () τρίτους, () καὶ () ἐπροφήτευσαν () καὶ () αὐτοί. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἐθυμώθη () ὀργῇ () Σαουλ () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () καὶ () αὐτὸς () εἰς () Αρμαθαιμ καὶ () ἔρχεται () ἕως () τοῦ () φρέατος () τοῦ () ἅλω () τοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () Σεφι καὶ () ἠρώτησεν () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ποῦ () Σαμουηλ () καὶ () Δαυιδ; () Καὶ () εἶπαν () Ἰδοὺ () ἐν () Ναυαθ ἐν () Ραμα. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () ἐκεῖθεν () εἰς () Ναυαθ ἐν () Ραμα, () καὶ () ἐγενήθη () καὶ () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ () πνεῦμα () θεοῦ, () καὶ () ἐπορεύετο () προφητεύων () ἕως () τοῦ () ἐλθεῖν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () Ναυαθ ἐν () Ραμα. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἐξεδύσατο () τὰ () ἱμάτια () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐπροφήτευσεν () ἐνώπιον () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἔπεσεν () γυμνὸς () ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν () ἐκείνην () καὶ () ὅλην () τὴν () νύκτα· () διὰ () τοῦτο () ἔλεγον () Εἰ () καὶ () Σαουλ () ἐν () προφήταις; ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.