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1. Saul told his son Jonathan and his officers to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much,
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1. And Saul H7586 spoke H1696 to H413 Jonathan H3083 his son H1121 , and to H413 all H3605 his servants H5650 , that they should kill H4191 H853 David H1732 .
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2. so he warned him. "Be careful! Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. In the morning go into the field and hide. I will go out into the field with my father. We will stand in the field where you are hiding. I will talk to my father about you, and I will tell you what I learn."
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2. 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 H6258 therefore , I pray thee H4994 , take heed to thyself H8104 until the morning H1242 , and abide H3427 in a secret H5643 place , and hide thyself H2244 :
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3. And I H589 will go out H3318 and stand H5975 beside H3027 my father H1 in the field H7704 where H834 H8033 thou H859 art , and I H589 will commune H1696 with H413 my father H1 of thee ; and what H4100 I see H7200 , that I will tell H5046 thee.
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4. Jonathan talked to his father Saul. Jonathan said good things about David. He said, "You are the king. David is your servant. David hasn't done anything wrong to you, so don't do anything wrong to him. He has always been good to you.
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4. And Jonathan H3083 spoke H1696 good H2896 of David H1732 unto H413 Saul H7586 his father H1 , and said H559 unto H413 him , Let not H408 the king H4428 sin H2398 against his servant H5650 , against David H1732 ; because H3588 he hath not H3808 sinned H2398 against thee , and because H3588 his works H4639 have been to thee-ward very H3966 good H2896 :
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5. He risked his life when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and you were happy. Why do you want to hurt David? He's innocent. There is no reason to kill him."
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5. For he did put H7760 H853 his life H5315 in his hand H3709 , and slew H5221 H853 the Philistine H6430 , and the LORD H3068 wrought H6213 a great H1419 salvation H8668 for all H3605 Israel H3478 : thou sawest H7200 it , and didst rejoice H8055 : wherefore H4100 then wilt thou sin H2398 against innocent H5355 blood H1818 , to slay H4191 H853 David H1732 without a cause H2600 ?
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6. Saul listened to Jonathan and made a promise. He said, "As surely as the Lord lives, David won't be put to death."
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6. And Saul H7586 hearkened H8085 unto the voice H6963 of Jonathan H3083 : and Saul H7586 swore H7650 , As the LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , he shall not H518 be slain H4191 .
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7. So Jonathan called David and told him everything that was said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
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7. And Jonathan H3083 called H7121 David H1732 , and Jonathan H3083 showed H5046 him H853 all H3605 those H428 things H1697 . And Jonathan H3083 brought H935 H853 David H1732 to H413 Saul H7586 , and he was H1961 in his presence H6440 , as in times past H8032 H865 .
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8. Once again there was war with the Philistines, and David went out to fight. He defeated them badly, and they ran away.
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8. And there was H1961 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 H4480 H6440 him.
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9. Later, in Saul's house, David was playing the harp. Saul was there with his spear in his hand. Then an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul.
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9. And the evil H7451 spirit H7307 from the LORD H3068 was H1961 upon H413 Saul H7586 , as he H1931 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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10. Saul threw his spear at David and tried to pin him to the wall. David jumped out of the way, so the spear missed him and stuck in the wall. That night, David ran away.
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10. 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's presence H4480 H6440 H7586 , and he smote H5221 H853 the javelin H2595 into the wall H7023 : and David H1732 fled H5127 , and escaped H4422 that H1931 night H3915 .
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11. Saul sent men to watch David's house. They stayed there all night. They were waiting to kill David in the morning, but David's wife Michal warned him. She said, "You must run away tonight and save your life. If you don't, you will be killed tomorrow."
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11. Saul H7586 also sent H7971 messengers H4397 unto H413 David H1732 's house H1004 , to watch H8104 him , and to slay H4191 him in the morning H1242 : and Michal H4324 David H1732 's wife H802 told H5046 him, saying H559 , If H518 thou save H4422 not H369 H853 thy life H5315 tonight H3915 , tomorrow H4279 thou H859 shalt be slain H4191 .
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12. Then Michal let David down out of a window, and he escaped and ran away.
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12. So Michal H4324 let David down H3381 H853 H1732 through H1157 a window H2474 : and he went H1980 , and fled H1272 , and escaped H4422 .
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13. Michal took the household god, put clothes on it, and put goats' hair on its head. Then she put the statue in the bed.
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13. And Michal H4324 took H3947 H853 an image H8655 , and laid H7760 it in H413 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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14. Saul sent messengers to take David prisoner. But Michal said, "David is sick."
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14. And when Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to take H3947 H853 David H1732 , she said H559 , He H1931 is sick H2470 .
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15. The men went and told Saul, but he sent the messengers back to see David. Saul told these men, "Bring David to me. Bring him lying on his bed if you must, even if it kills him."
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15. And Saul H7586 sent H7971 H853 the messengers H4397 again to see H7200 H853 David H1732 , saying H559 , Bring him up H5927 H853 to H413 me in the bed H4296 , that I may slay H4191 him.
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16. The messengers went to David's house. They went inside to get him, but they saw it was only a statue and that its hair was only goat's hair.
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16. And when the messengers H4397 were come in H935 , behold H2009 , there was an image H8655 in H413 the bed H4296 , with a pillow H3523 of goats H5795 ' hair for his bolster H4763 .
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17. Saul said to Michal, "Why did you trick me like this? You let my enemy escape, and now he is gone." Michal answered Saul, "David told me he would kill me if I didn't help him escape."
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17. And Saul H7586 said H559 unto H413 Michal H4324 , Why H4100 hast thou deceived H7411 me so H3602 , and sent away H7971 H853 mine enemy H341 , that he is escaped H4422 ? And Michal H4324 answered H559 H413 Saul H7586 , He H1931 said H559 unto H413 me , Let me go H7971 ; why H4100 should I kill H4191 thee?
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18. David escaped and ran away to Samuel at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to him. Then David and Samuel went to the camps where the prophets stayed. David stayed there.
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18. So David H1732 fled H1272 , and escaped H4422 , and came H935 to H413 Samuel H8050 to Ramah H7414 , and told H5046 him H853 all H3605 that H834 Saul H7586 had done H6213 to him . And he H1931 and Samuel H8050 went H1980 and dwelt H3427 in Naioth H5121 .
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19. Saul heard that David was there in the camps near Ramah.
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19. And it was told H5046 Saul H7586 , saying H559 , Behold H2009 , David H1732 is at Naioth H5121 in Ramah H7414 .
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20. So he sent some men to arrest David. But when they came to the camps, there was a group of prophets prophesying. Samuel was standing there leading the group. The Spirit of God came on Saul's messengers and they began prophesying.
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20. And Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to take H3947 H853 David H1732 : and when they saw H7200 H853 the company H3862 of the prophets H5030 prophesying H5012 , and Samuel H8050 standing H5975 as appointed H5324 over H5921 them , the Spirit H7307 of God H430 was H1961 upon H5921 the messengers H4397 of Saul H7586 , and they H1992 also H1571 prophesied H5012 .
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21. Saul heard about this, so he sent other messengers, but they also began prophesying. So Saul sent messengers a third time, and they also began prophesying.
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21. And when it was told H5046 Saul H7586 , he sent H7971 other H312 messengers H4397 , and they H1992 prophesied H5012 likewise H1571 . And Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 again H3254 the third H7992 time , and they H1992 prophesied H5012 also H1571 .
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22. Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. Saul came to the big well by the threshing floor at Secu. He asked, "Where are Samuel and David?" The people answered, "In the camps near Ramah."
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22. Then went H1980 he H1931 also H1571 to Ramah H7414 , and came H935 to H5704 a great H1419 well H953 that H834 is in Sechu H7906 : and he asked H7592 and said H559 , Where H375 are Samuel H8050 and David H1732 ? And one said H559 , Behold H2009 , they be at Naioth H5121 in Ramah H7414 .
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23. So Saul went out to the camps near Ramah. The Spirit of God came on Saul, and he also began prophesying. He prophesied all the way to the camps at Ramah.
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23. And he went H1980 thither H8033 to H413 Naioth H5121 in Ramah H7414 : and the Spirit H7307 of God H430 was H1961 upon H5921 him H1931 also H1571 , and he went on H1980 H1980 , and prophesied H5012 , until H5704 he came H935 to Naioth H5121 in Ramah H7414 .
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24. Saul even took off his clothes. He lay there naked all day and through the night. So even Saul prophesied there in front of Samuel. That is why people say, "Is Saul also one of the prophets?"
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24. And he H1931 stripped off H6584 his clothes H899 also H1571 , and prophesied H5012 before H6440 Samuel H8050 in like manner H1571 , and lay down H5307 naked H6174 all H3605 that H1931 day H3117 and all H3605 that night H3915 . Wherefore H5921 H3651 they say H559 , Is Saul H7586 also H1571 among the prophets H5030 ?
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