Then Saul ... ordered his son ... Jonathan and all his servants to kill - David. But Jonathan - - delighted greatly in David ,
so he warned David , saying , “ My father Saul intends to kill you. ... Be on your guard ... in the morning ; find a secret place and hide there.
I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you (are) , ... so I can ask - -. And if I find out anything , I will tell
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him , “ The king should not sin against his servant David ; he has not sinned ... In fact , his actions (have been) highly beneficial
He took - his life in his hands when he struck down - the Philistine , and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced , so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing - David for no reason ?”
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath ... : “ As surely as the LORD lives , David will not be put to death.”
So Jonathan summoned David and told all these things. Then Jonathan - brought ... - David to Saul to serve him as he had before ....
When war broke out again , David went out and fought the Philistines and struck with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.
But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand , a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp ... ,
Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck - the wall and David eluded ... (him) , ran away , and escaped that night.
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife ... Michal warned (him) , “ If you do not run - for your life tonight , tomorrow you will be dead !”
So Michal - lowered David from the window , ... and he ran away and escaped.
Then Michal - took a household idol and laid (it) in the bed , - placed some goat hair ... on its head , and covered it with a garment.
When Saul sent the messengers to seize - David , Michal said , “ He (is) ill.”
But Saul sent the messengers back to see - David and told them , “ Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
And when the messengers entered , there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ (hair) on its head.
And Saul said - to Michal , “ Why did you deceive me like this ? You sent my enemy away - and he has escaped !” Michal ... replied - , “ He said to me , ‘ Help me get away , or I will kill you ! ’”
So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told - all that Saul had done Then he and Samuel went (to Naioth) and stayed (there).
When Saul was told ... ... that David was at Naioth in Ramah ,
he sent messengers to capture - him. But when they saw - the group of prophets prophesying , with Samuel ... leading them , the Spirit of God came upon them , and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy. -
When this was reported to Saul , he sent more messengers , but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third (time) , and even they began to prophesy.
Finally, Saul himself left for ... Ramah and came to the large - cistern at Secu , where he asked ... , “ Where are Samuel and David ?” “ At Naioth in Ramah , ” he was told -.
So Saul went ... to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even (Saul) , and he walked along ... prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied - - before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why ... it is said , “ Is Saul also among the prophets ? ”