<vn='1'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3083">Jonathan</s> his <sn="1121">son</s>, and <sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s>, that they should <sn="4191">kill</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>But <sn="3083">Jonathan</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s><sn="2654">delighted</s><sn="3966">much</s> in <sn="1732">David</s>: and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s><sn="5046">told</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="7586">Saul</s> my <sn="1">father</s><sn="1245">seeketh</s> to <sn="4191">kill</s> thee: <sn="6258">now</s> therefore, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, take heed to <sn="8104">thyself</s> until the <sn="1242">morning</s>, and <sn="3427">abide</s> in a <sn="5643">secret</s> place, and hide <sn="2244">thyself</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="589">I</s> will go <sn="3318">out</s> and <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="3027">beside</s> my <sn="1">father</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s><sn="834 8033">where</s><sn="859">thou</s> art, and <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="1696">commune</s><sn="413">with</s> my <sn="1">father</s> of thee; and <sn="4100">what</s> I <sn="7200">see</s>, that I will <sn="5046">tell</s> thee. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="3083">Jonathan</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="2896">good</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Let <sn="408">not</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2398">sin</s> against his <sn="5650">servant</s>, against <sn="1732">David</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> he hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2398">sinned</s> against thee, and <sn="3588">because</s> his <sn="4639">works</s> have been to thee-ward <sn="3966">very</s><sn="2896">good</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>For he did <sn="7760">put</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5315">life</s> in his <sn="3709">hand</s>, and <sn="5221">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6430">Philistine</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6213">wrought</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="8668">salvation</s> for <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: thou <sn="7200">sawest</s> it, and didst <sn="8055">rejoice</s>: <sn="4100">wherefore</s> then wilt thou <sn="2398">sin</s> against <sn="5355">innocent</s><sn="1818">blood</s>, to <sn="4191">slay</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> without a <sn="2600">cause</s>? </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s> unto the <sn="6963">voice</s> of <sn="3083">Jonathan</s>: and <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7650">swore</s>, As the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, he shall <sn="518">not</s> be <sn="4191">slain</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="3083">Jonathan</s><sn="7121">called</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s><sn="5046">showed</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">those</s><sn="1697">things</s>. And <sn="3083">Jonathan</s><sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and he <sn="1961">was</s> in his <sn="6440">presence</s>, as in times <sn="8032 865">past</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="4421">war</s><sn="3254">again</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s> went <sn="3318">out</s>, and <sn="3898">fought</s> with the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and <sn="5221">slew</s> them with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4347">slaughter</s>; and they <sn="5127">fled</s><sn="4480 6440">from</s> him. </v>
<vn='9'>And the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="7307">spirit</s> from the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, as <sn="1931">he</s><sn="3427">sat</s> in his <sn="1004">house</s> with his <sn="2595">javelin</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5059">played</s> with his <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1245">sought</s> to <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="1732">David</s> even to the <sn="7023">wall</s> with the <sn="2595">javelin</s>; but he slipped <sn="6362">away</s> out of Saul's <sn="4480 6440 7586">presence</s>, and he <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2595">javelin</s> into the <sn="7023">wall</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5127">fled</s>, and <sn="4422">escaped</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3915">night</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="7586">Saul</s> also <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, to <sn="8104">watch</s> him, and to <sn="4191">slay</s> him in the <sn="1242">morning</s>: and <sn="4324">Michal</s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s><sn="5046">told</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="518">If</s> thou <sn="4422">save</s><sn="369">not</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5315">life</s><sn="3915">tonight</s>, <sn="4279">tomorrow</s><sn="859">thou</s> shalt be <sn="4191">slain</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>So <sn="4324">Michal</s> let David <sn="3381 *853 1732">down</s><sn="1157">through</s> a <sn="2474">window</s>: and he <sn="1980">went</s>, and <sn="1272">fled</s>, and <sn="4422">escaped</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="4324">Michal</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> an <sn="8655">image</s>, and <sn="7760">laid</s> it <sn="413">in</s> the <sn="4296">bed</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s> a <sn="3523">pillow</s> of <sn="5795">goats</s> ' hair for his <sn="4763">bolster</s>, and <sn="3680">covered</s> it with a <sn="899">cloth</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And when <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s> to <sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>, she <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1931">He</s> is <sn="2470">sick</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4397">messengers</s> again to <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Bring him <sn="5927 *853">up</s><sn="413">to</s> me in the <sn="4296">bed</s>, that I may <sn="4191">slay</s> him. </v>
<vn='16'>And when the <sn="4397">messengers</s> were come <sn="935">in</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there was an <sn="8655">image</s><sn="413">in</s> the <sn="4296">bed</s>, with a <sn="3523">pillow</s> of <sn="5795">goats</s> ' hair for his <sn="4763">bolster</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4324">Michal</s>, <sn="4100">Why</s> hast thou <sn="7411">deceived</s> me <sn="3602">so</s>, and sent <sn="7971">away</s><sn="*853"></s> mine <sn="341">enemy</s>, that he is <sn="4422">escaped</s>? And <sn="4324">Michal</s><sn="559 413">answered</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, <sn="1931">He</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, Let me <sn="7971">go</s>; <sn="4100">why</s> should I <sn="4191">kill</s> thee? </v>
<vn='18'>So <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1272">fled</s>, and <sn="4422">escaped</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s> to <sn="7414">Ramah</s>, and <sn="5046">told</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> had <sn="6213">done</s> to him. And <sn="1931">he</s> and <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in <sn="5121">Naioth</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="1732">David</s> is at <sn="5121">Naioth</s> in <sn="7414">Ramah</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s> to <sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>: and when they <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3862">company</s> of the <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="5012">prophesying</s>, and <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="5975">standing</s> as <sn="5324">appointed</s><sn="5921">over</s> them, the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4397">messengers</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, and <sn="1992">they</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="5012">prophesied</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And when it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="4397">messengers</s>, and <sn="1992">they</s><sn="5012">prophesied</s><sn="1571">likewise</s>. And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="3254">again</s> the <sn="7992">third</s> time, and <sn="1992">they</s><sn="5012">prophesied</s><sn="1571">also</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Then <sn="1980">went</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="1571">also</s> to <sn="7414">Ramah</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">to</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="953">well</s><sn="834">that</s> is in <sn="7906">Sechu</s>: and he <sn="7592">asked</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="375">Where</s> are <sn="8050">Samuel</s> and <sn="1732">David</s>? And one <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, they be at <sn="5121">Naioth</s> in <sn="7414">Ramah</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And he <sn="1980">went</s><sn="8033">thither</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5121">Naioth</s> in <sn="7414">Ramah</s>: and the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="1931">him</s><sn="1571">also</s>, and he went <sn="1980 1980">on</s>, and <sn="5012">prophesied</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="5121">Naioth</s> in <sn="7414">Ramah</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="1931">he</s> stripped <sn="6584">off</s> his <sn="899">clothes</s><sn="1571">also</s>, and <sn="5012">prophesied</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s> in like <sn="1571">manner</s>, and lay <sn="5307">down</s><sn="6174">naked</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="3915">night</s>. <sn="5921 3651">Wherefore</s> they <sn="559">say</s>, Is <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1571">also</s> among the <sn="5030">prophets</s>? </v>