I. Samuen XIX. 19.

B.C. about 1063.
SAUL SENDS THITHER.
SAUL GOES v0 NAIOTH. s. Sechu,
Watch-
tower.
ah. Tre.
DAVID AND JONATHAN. 1062.
8. soul. J. Far-be-it,
as v. 9,
J. Jehovah.
,b. between,
DAVID's PROPOSAL. s. saith.
wu. until the third xevening.
g- good, Heb. toh,
J. Jehoyah.
19 And it was_told Saul, saying, “ Be- hold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
20 And Saul sent messengers to take David : and when_they_saw «the_com- pany-_of the prophets prophesying, and Samuél standing as appointed over them the_Spirit_of =God was upon the_ messengers_of Saul, and thep also prophesied.
21 And when it was_told Saul, he sent other messengers, and thep prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third_time, and they prophe- sied also.
22 Then went he also to xRamah, and came to a xgreat well that is in sxSechu: and he asked and said, “Where are Samuél and David?” And one said, “Behold, they be at Naioth in xRamah.”
23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the_Spirit_of =God was upon hint also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in xRamah.
24 And he stripped_off his clothes also, and ,/ prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay_down naked all xthat xday and all that night. Wherefore they tsay, “Js Saul also among the prophets ?”
AND David fled from Naioth in 2 xRamah, and came and said be- fore Jonathan, “ What -have_I_done? what is mine iniquity ? and what is my sin before thy father, that he +seeketh my slife?”
2 And he said unto him, “God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will_do nothing either great or small, but that he will_shew it me: and why should my father hide «this *thing from me? it és not so.”
3 And David sware moreover, and said, “Thy father certainly knoweth that I «-have_found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, ‘‘Let not Jonathan know this, lest he 'be_grieved:’ but truly as J the Lorp liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and nv xdeath.” -
4 Then said Jonathan unto David, “Whatsoever thy soul s'desireth, I will even do it for thee.”
5 And David said unto Jonathan, “Behold, to_morrow is the new_moon, and € should_not_fail to_sit with the king at meat: but -let_me_go, that I -may_hide_myself in the field «unto the third day at_xeven. ~
6 Tf thy father at_all miss me, then -say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might_run to_Beth-lehem his city: for there is a xyearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
7 If he tsay thus, ‘/t is gwell;’ thy servant shall_have_peace: but if he be very wroth, then be_sure that xevil -is_ determined by him.
8 Therefore thou -shalt_deal kindly with thy servant ; forthou -hast_brought thy servant into a covenant_of J the Lorp with thee: notwithstanding, if there_be in me iniquity, «slay me thy- self; for why shouldest_thou_bring me to thy father?”
8 And Jonathan said, “Far_be_it