1 Samuel 19
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And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
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:
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.
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 theeward very good:
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?

put his life

1 Samuel 28:21 And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and …

Judges 9:17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered …

Judges 12:3 And when I saw that you delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, …

Psalm 119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.

Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to …

Philippians 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, not regarding …

slew

1 Samuel 17:49-51 And David put his hand in his bag, and took there a stone, and slang …

wrought

1 Samuel 11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for …

1 Samuel 14:45 And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this …

1 Samuel 17:52,53 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued …

Exodus 14:13 And Moses said to the people, Fear you not, stand still, and see …

1 Samuel 11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for …

sin against innocent

1 Samuel 20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why shall …

Jeremiah 26:15 But know you for certain, that if you put me to death, you shall …

Matthew 27:4,24 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. …

without a cause

Psalm 25:3 Yes, let none that wait on you be ashamed: let them be ashamed which …

Psalm 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: …

John 15:25 But this comes to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is …

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
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.

an image [heb] teraphim

Genesis 31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images …

Judges 17:5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, …

Judges 18:14,17 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, …

Hosea 3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, …

a pillow. Rather, `the net-work of goat's hair at its (the Teraphim's) pillow;' for the kevir, (whence the Chaldee and Syriac kavreetho, a honey-comb, form its net-like form), seems to have been a kind of mosquito-net, which, says Dr. Shaw, is `a close curtain of gauze, used all over the East, by people of fashion, to keep out the flies.' That they had such anciently cannot be doubted. Thus when Judith had beheaded Holofernes in his bed, (ch

1 Samuel 13:9,15 And Saul said, Bring here a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. …

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

Bring him. The eastern beds consist merely of two thick cotton quilts, one of which, folded double, serves as a mattress, the other as a covering. Such seems to have been the bed of David, which could easily have been carried, with himself in it, to the presence of Saul.

1 Samuel 19:6 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the …

Job 31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! …

Psalm 37:12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.

Proverbs 27:3,4 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier …

Romans 3:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:

And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.

And when It is highly probable that David, when supposed to be sick, was thought to be hid in the harem or chamber of Michal. `The harems,' says De La Motraye, `are sanctuaries, as sacred and inviolable, for persons pursed by justice for any crime, debt, etc. as the Roman Catholic churches in Italy, Spain, Portugal, etc.' Thus we find, that to effect his purpose, Saul sent messengers to Michal, but they treated her harem with too much respect to enter it at first; but being authorised by Saul, they entered even into her chamber; and during the delay occasioned by respect for the privacy of Michal, David escaped.

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?
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.
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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