Book 08 : NEVIIM - I SAMUEL - Chapter 019
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And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his
servants, that they should slay David; but Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in
David
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And Jonathan told David, saying: 'Saul my father seeketh to
slay thee; now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and
abide in a secret place, and hide thyself
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And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field
where thou art, and I will speak with my father of thee; and if I see aught, I
will tell thee.
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And Jonathan spoke 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 work hath been very good
towards thee
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for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine,
and HaShem wrought a great victory for all Israel; thou sawest it, and didst
rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David
without a cause?
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And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan; and Saul
swore: 'As HaShem liveth, he shall not be put to death.
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And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all those
things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as
beforetime
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And there was war again; and David went out, and fought
with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before
him
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And an evil spirit from HaShem was upon Saul, as he sat in
his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand
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And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the
spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into
the wall; and David fled, and escaped that night
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And Saul 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.
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So Michal let David down through the window; and he went,
and fled, and escaped
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And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and
put a quilt of goats' hair at the head thereof, and covered it with a cloth
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And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said: 'He
is sick.
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And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying: 'Bring
him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
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And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was
in the bed, with the quilt of goats' hair at the head thereof
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And Saul said unto Michal: 'Why hast thou deceived me
thus, and let mine enemy go, that he is escaped?' And Michal answered Saul: 'He
said unto me: Let me go; why should I kill thee?
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Now 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
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And it was told Saul, saying: 'Behold, David is at Naioth
in Ramah.
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And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw
the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them,
the spirit of G-d came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied
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And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and
they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they
also prophesied
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Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great cistern
that is in Secu; and he asked and said: 'Where are Samuel and David?' And one
said: 'Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.
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And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah; and the spirit of
G-d came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth
in Ramah
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And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also
prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night.
Wherefore they say: 'Is Saul also among the prophets?
Book 08 : NEVIIM - I SAMUEL - Chapter 019
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