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# . [in times...: Heb. yesterday, third day]
			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. [him: Heb. his face]
			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. [image: Heb. teraphim]
			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? [lay: Heb. fell]