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1 Samuel 19

1 Ionathan declareth to Dauid the wicked purpoſe of Saul 11 Michal his wife ſaueth him 18 Dauid commeth to Samuel. 23. The Spirit of prophecie commeth on Saul.
1.THen Saúl ſpake to Ionathán his ſonne, and to all his ſeruants, that they a ſhulde kil Dauid: but Ionathán Sauls ſonne had a great fauour to Dauid.
2.And Ionathán tolde Dauid, ſaying, Saúl my father goeth about to ſlaye thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take hede vnto thy ſelfe vnto the morning, and abide in a ſecret place, and hide thy ſelfe.
3.And I wil go out, and ſtand by my father in the field where thou b art, and wil cōmune with my father of thee, and I wil ſe what he ſaith and wil tel thee.
4.¶ And Ionathán ſpake good of Dauid vnto Saúl his father, and ſaid vnto him, Let not the King ſinne againſt his ſeruāt, againſt Dauid: for he hathe not ſinned againſt thee, but his workes haue bene to thee very good.
5.For he * " put his life in danger, and ſlewe the Philiſtím, and the Lord wroght a great ſaluation for all Iſraél: thou ſaweſt it, and thou reioycedſt: wherefore then wilt thou ſinne againſt innocent blood, & ſlaye Dauid without a cauſe?
6.Then Saúl hearkened vnto the voyce of Ionathán, and Saúl e ſware, As the Lord liueth, he ſhal not dye.
7.So Ionathán called Dauid, and Ionathán ſhewed him all thoſe wordes, & Ionathán broght Dauid to Saúl, and he was in his preſence as in times paſt.
8.¶ Againe the warre began, and Dauid wēt out and foght with the Philiſtims, and ſlewe them with a great ſlaughter, & they fled from him.
9.¶ And the euil Spirit of the Lord was vpō Saúl, as he ſate in his houſe hauing his ſpeare in his hand, and Dauid d played with his hand.
10.And Saúl entended to ſmite Dauid to the wall with the ſpeare: but he turned aſide out of Sauls preſence, and he ſmote the ſpeare againſt the wall: but Dauid fled, and eſcaped the ſame night.
11.¶ Saúl alſo ſent meſſengers vnto Dauids houſe, to watche him, and to ſlaye him in the morning: & Michál Dauids wife tolde it him, ſaying, If thou ſaue not thy ſelf this night, tomorowe thou ſhalt be ſlaine.
12.So Michál e let Dauid downe through a windowe : and he went, and fled, and eſcaped.
13.Then Michál toke an image and layed it in the bed, and put a pillowe ſtuffed with goates heere vnder the head of it, and couered it with a cloth.
14.And when Saúl ſent meſſengers to take Dauid, ſhe ſaid, He is ſicke.
15.And Saúl ſent the meſſengers againe to ſe Dauid, ſaying, Bring him to me in the f bed, that I may ſlaye him.
16.And when the meſſengers were come in, beholde, an image was in the bed, with a pillowe of goates heere vnder the head of it.
17.And Saúl ſaid vnto Michál, Why haſt thou mocked me ſo, and ſent away mine enemy, that he is eſcaped? And Michál anſwered Saúl, He ſaid vnto me, Let me go, or els I wil kil thee.
18.¶ So Dauid fled, and eſcaped, and came to Samuél to Ramáh, and tolde him all that Saúl had done to him: and he and Samuél went and dwelt in g Naióth.
19.But one tolde Saúl, ſaying, Beholde, Dauid is at Naióth in Ramáh.
20.And Saúl ſent meſſengers to take Dauid: and when they ſawe a companie of Prophets prophecying, and Samuél ſtanding h as appointed ouer them, the Spirit of God fell vpon the meſſengers of Saúl, and they alſo i prophecied.
21.And whē it was tolde Saúl, he ſent other meſſengers, and they prophecied likewiſe: againe Saúl ſent the third meſſengers, and they prophecied alſo.
22.Then went he him ſelf to Ramáh, and came to a great wel that is in Sechú, and he aſked, and ſaid, Where are Samuél and Dauid? and one ſaid, Beholde, they be at Naióth in Ramáh.
23.And he k went thither, euen to Naióth in Ramáh, and the Spirit of God came vpon him alſo, and he went prophecying vntil he came to Naióth in Ramáh.
24.And he ſtript of his l clothes, and he prophecied alſo before Samuél, and fel downe naked all that day and all that m night: therefore they ſay, * Is Saúl alſo among the Prophetes?

Notes

1:a.
Before Saúl foght Dauids life ſecretly, but now his hypocriſie burſteth forth to open cruel-tie
3:b.
That I may giue thee warning what to do.
5:*.
Iudg 12.3. 1 ſam 27.21. pſal 119.109.
5:".
Ebr he put his ſoule in his hand
6:e.
Whatſoeuer he pretended outwardly, yet his heart was ful of malice
9:d.
He plaide on his harpe to mitigate yᵉ rage of the euil Spirit, as Chap 16.23
12:e.
Thus God moued bothe the ſonne and daughter of this tyrant to fauour Dauid againſt their father.
15:f.
Beholde, how yᵉ tyrāts to accompliſh their rage, ne-ther regarde othe nor frēd-ſhip, God nor man.
18:g.
Naióth was a ſchole whe-re the worde of God was ſtudyed, nere to Ramáh.
20:h.
Being their chief inſtru-cter
20:i.
Chāged their mindes and praiſed God.
23:k.
With a min-de to perſecu-te them.
24:l.
His kingly apparel
24:m.
He hūbled him ſelfe as other did
24:*.
Chap 10.12.