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The next morning Jonathan spoke with his father about David, saying
many good things about him. “The king must not sin against his servant
David,” Jonathan said. “He’s never done anything to harm you. He has
always helped you in any way he could. Have you forgotten about the time
he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the Lord brought a
great victory to all Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it
then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no
reason for it at all!”
So Saul listened to Jonathan and vowed, “As surely as the Lord lives,
David will not be killed.”
Afterward Jonathan called Dav id and told him what had happened.
Then he brought David to Saul, and David served in the court as before.
War broke out again after that, and David led his troops against the Phi
listines. He attacked them with such fury that they all ran away.
But one day when Saul was sitting at home, with spear in hand, the tormenting spirit from the Lord suddenly came upon him again. As David
played his harp, Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of
the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into
the night.
Then Saul sent troops to watch David’s house. They were told to kill David
when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned
him, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead by morning.” So she
helped him climb out through a window, and he fled and escaped. Then
she took an idol and put it in his bed, covered it with blankets, and put a
cushion of goat’s hair at its head.
When the troops came to arrest David, she told them he was sick and
couldn’t get out of bed.
But Saul sent the troops back to get David. He ordered, “Bring him to
me in his bed so I can kill him!” But when they came to carry David out,
they discovered that it was only an idol in the bed with a cushion of goat’s
hair at its head.
“Why have you betrayed me like this and let my enemy escape?” Saul
demanded of Michal.
“I had to,” Michal replied. “He threatened to kill me if I didn’t help him.”
So Dav id escaped and went to Ramah to see Samue l, and he told him
all that Saul had done to him. Then Samuel took David with him to live
at Naioth. When the report reached Saul that Dav id was at Naioth in
R amah, he sent troops to capture him. But when they arrived and saw
Samuel leading a group of prophets who were prophesying, the Spirit of
God came upon Saul’s men, and they also began to prophesy. When Saul