09:019:003 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.
09:019:004 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:
09:019:005 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?
09:019:006 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan:
and Saul sware,
As
the lord liveth, he shall not be slain.
09:019:007 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.
09:019:008 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.
09:019:009 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.
09:019:010 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.
09:019:011 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.
09:019:012 So Michal let David down through a window:
and he went, and
fled,
and escaped.
09:019:013 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.
09:019:014 And when Saul sent messengers to take David,
she said, He is
sick.
09:019:015 And Saul sent the messengers again to see
David, saying, Bring
him
up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
09:019:016 And when the messengers were come in, behold,
there was an
image
in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for
his
bolster.
09:019:017 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?


