1 And Saul 7586 spake 1696 to Jonathan 3129 his son 1121, and to all his servants 5650, that they should kill 4191 David 1732.
2 But Jonathan 3083 Saul's 7586 son 1121 delighted 2654 much 3966 in David 1732: and Jonathan 3083 told 5046 David 1732, saying 559, Saul 7586 my father 1 seeketh 1245 to kill 4191 thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed 8104 to thyself until the morning 1242, and abide 3427 in a secret 5643 place, and hide 2244 thyself:
3 And I will go out 3318 and stand 5975 beside 3027 my father 1 in the field 7704 where thou art, and I will commune 1696 with my father 1 of thee; and what 4100 I see 7200, that I will tell 5046 thee.
4 And Jonathan 3083 spake 1696 good 2896 of David 1732 unto Saul 7586 his father 1, and said 559 unto him, Let not the king 4428 sin 2398 against his servant 5650, against David 1732; because he hath not sinned 2398 against thee, and because his works 4639 have been to thee-ward very 3966 good 2896:
5 For he did put 7760 his life 5315 in his hand 3709, and slew 5221 the Philistine 6430, and the LORD 3068 wrought 6213 a great 1419 salvation 8668 for all Israel 3478: thou sawest 7200 it, and didst rejoice 8055: wherefore then wilt thou sin 2398 against innocent 5355 blood 1818, to slay 4191 David 1732 without a cause 2600?
6 And Saul 7586 hearkened 8085 unto the voice 6963 of Jonathan 3083: and Saul 7586 sware 7650, As the LORD 3068 liveth 2416, he shall not 518 be slain 4191.
7 And Jonathan 3083 called 7121 David 1732, and Jonathan 3083 shewed 5046 him all those things 1697. And Jonathan 3083 brought 935 David 1732 to Saul 7586, and he was in his presence 6440, as in times past 865 8032.
8 And there was war 4421 again 3254: and David 1732 went out 3318, and fought 3898 with the Philistines 6430, and slew 5221 them with a great 1419 slaughter 4347; and they fled 5127 from 6440 him.
9 And the evil 7451 spirit 7307 from the LORD 3068 was upon Saul 7586, as he sat 3427 in his house 1004 with his javelin 2595 in his hand 3027: and David 1732 played 5059 with his hand 3027.
10 And Saul 7586 sought 1245 to smite 5221 David 1732 even to the wall 7023 with the javelin 2595; but he slipped away 6362 out of Saul's 7586 presence 6440, and he smote 5221 the javelin 2595 into the wall 7023: and David 1732 fled 5127, and escaped 4422 that night 3915.
11 Saul 7586 also sent 7971 messengers 4397 unto David's 1732 house 1004, to watch 8104 him, and to slay 4191 him in the morning 1242: and Michal 4324 David's 1732 wife 802 told 5046 him, saying 559, If thou save 4422 not thy life 5315 to night 3915, to morrow 4279 thou shalt be slain 4191.
12 So Michal 4324 let 3381 0 David 1732 down 3381 through a window 2474: and he went 3212, and fled 1272, and escaped 4422.
13 And Michal 4324 took 3947 an image 8655, and laid 7760 it in the bed 4296, and put 7760 a pillow 3523 of goats 5795' hair for his bolster 4763, and covered 3680 it with a cloth 899.
14 And when Saul 7586 sent 7971 messengers 4397 to take 3947 David 1732, she said 559, He is sick 2470.
15 And Saul 7586 sent 7971 the messengers 4397 again to see 7200 David 1732, saying 559, Bring him up 5927 to me in the bed 4296, that I may slay 4191 him.
16 And when the messengers 4397 were come in 935, behold, there was an image 8655 in the bed 4296, with a pillow 3523 of goats 5795' hair for his bolster 4763.
17 And Saul 7586 said 559 unto Michal 4324, Why hast thou deceived me so 7411, and sent away 7971 mine enemy 341, that he is escaped 4422? And Michal 4324 answered 559 Saul 7586, He said 559 unto me, Let me go 7971; why should I kill 4191 thee?
18 So David 1732 fled 1272, and escaped 4422, and came 935 to Samuel 8050 to Ramah 7414, and told 5046 him all that Saul 7586 had done 6213 to him. And he and Samuel 8050 went 3212 and dwelt 3427 in Naioth 5121.
19 And it was told 5046 Saul 7586, saying 559, Behold, David 1732 is at Naioth 5121 in Ramah 7414.
20 And Saul 7586 sent 7971 messengers 4397 to take 3947 David 1732: and when they saw 7200 the company 3862 of the prophets 5030 prophesying 5012, and Samuel 8050 standing 5975 as appointed 5324 over them, the Spirit 7307 of God 430 was upon the messengers 4397 of Saul 7586, and they also prophesied 5012.
21 And when it was told 5046 Saul 7586, he sent 7971 other 312 messengers 4397, and they prophesied 5012 likewise. And Saul 7586 sent 7971 messengers 4397 again 3254 the third 7992 time, and they prophesied 5012 also.
22 Then went 3212 he also to Ramah 7414, and came 935 to a great 1419 well 953 that is in Sechu 7906: and he asked 7592 and said 559, Where 375 are Samuel 8050 and David 1732? And one said 559, Behold, they be at Naioth 5121 in Ramah 7414.
23 And he went 3212 thither to Naioth 5121 in Ramah 7414: and the Spirit 7307 of God 430 was upon him also, and he went 3212 on 1980, and prophesied 5012, until he came 935 to Naioth 5121 in Ramah 7414.
24 And he stripped off 6584 his clothes 899 also 1571, and prophesied 5012 before 6440 Samuel 8050 in like manner, and lay down 5307 naked 6174 all that day 3117 and all that night 3915. Wherefore they say 559, Is Saul 7586 also among the prophets 5030?