I. Samvet XIX. 18.

to kill thee: now therefore, I_pray_|B.C. about thee, take_heed to thyself i until the} 1063. morning, and «abide in a secret place, | in. in.
and -hide_thyself :
3 And € will_go_out and «stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and = will_commune with my father of |; 1 shat see thee; andi what I see, that I swill_tell| whatitis, thee.” and.
+ And Jonathan spake good of David} Jonatnan unto Saul his father, and said unto him, |SPEAKs FoR “Let not the king sin against his ser-| DAVID- vant, against David ; because he -hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very
loved -David: and they told Saul, and | good
the thing « pleased him.
21 And Saul said, “I will_give him her, that she may_be a snare to him, and that the_hand_of the Philistines may-he against him.” Wherefore Saul said to David, “Thou shalt this day be my son_in_law in the one of the twain.”
2 And Saul commanded his -ser- vants, saying, “-Commune with David secretly, and_say, ‘Behold, the king -hath_delight in thee, and all his ser- yants -love thee: now therefore be the King’s son_in_law.’”
23 And Saul’s servants spake xthose ‘Swords in the_ears_of David. And David said, “Seemeth it to you @ light thing to be a xking’s son_in_law, seeing
= am a poor ‘ man, and lightly_ esteemed ? ” :
24 And the_servants_of Saul told him, saying, “On xthis xmanner spake Da- vid.”
*% And Saul said, “Thus shall_ye_| say to David, ‘The king desireth not} any dowry, but a hundred foreskins_of| the Philistines, to be_avenged of the King’s enemies.’” But Saul thought to make «David fall by the_hand_of the Philistines.
23 And when his servants told David xthese “words, it pleased David well to be the King’s son_in_law: and the days were not expired.
27 Wherefore David arose and went, | he and his «men, and slew of the Philistines two_hundred ‘men; and Dayid brought their they gave_them_in_full_tale to the king, that he might_be the king’s son_in_law. And Saul gaye him -Michal his daugh- ter to wife.
28 And Saul saw and knew that / the Lorp was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
23 And Saul was yet the_more afraid of David; and Saul became -Dayid’s enemy ¢ continually.
%° Then the_princes_of the Philistines went_forth : and it came_to_pass, wafter they went_forth, that David behayed_ himself_more_wisely than all the_ser- yants_of Saul; so that his name was v much set_by.
AND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should_kill -David. 2 But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father -seeketh
>For he did_put his s -life in his hand, | s. soul.
and slew «the Philistine, and J the Lorp | s. Jehovah. wrought a great salvation for all Israél : thou sawest 7t,and didst_rejoice: where- fore then wilt_thou_sin against innocent blood, toslay = Dayvid-without_a_cause?”
6 And Saul hearkened unto the_voice_ of Jonathan : and Saul sware, “ As/ the Lorp liveth, he shall not be_slain.”
7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him -all xthose xthings. And Jonathan brought -Da- vid to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
8 And there was xwar again: and David went_out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter ; and they fied from * him.
9 And the_s evil spirit from 4 the Lorp was upon Saul, as he +sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David splayed with his hand.
10 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 and David fled, and escaped that xnight.
11 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 4save not thy «~life to-night, to-morrow thou shalt_be_slain.”
12So Michal let -Davyid down through @ xwindow: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
13 And Michal took an ‘image, and |. the tera- laid it in the bed, and put @=pillow_of| Phim. xgoats’ hair for his bolster, and covered tt with a xcloth.
14 And_when Saul sent messengers to take -David, she said, “He ts sick.”
1s And Saul sent «the messengers again to see -David, saying, “-Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may_ slay him.”
16 And when the messengers were_ come-in, behold, there was an ‘ximage in the bed, with a pillow of xgoats’ hair for his bolster.
¥7 And Saul said unto Michal, “ Why -hast_thou_deceived me so, and sent_ away mine -enemy, that heis_escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said unto me, ‘-Let_me_go; why should_I_ kill thee ?’” ;
18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuél to xRamah, and told him all that Saul had_done to him. And he and Samuél went and dwelt in » Naioth.
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h, his face. SAUL AGAIN SEEKS TO SMITE Davip.
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MicHAaL | 11. Ps. 59, title.
s. soul.
t. the tera- phim.
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