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    1 Samuel 19

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    Saul sends three companies to seize David, and each company is seized by prophecy instead; then Saul goes himself, sheds his robes, and lies naked before Samuel all day and night.

    An oath with a spear behind itvv. 1–10

    Saul begins by ordering Jonathan and all his servants to kill David, but Jonathan delights in David and sets about rescuing him with the brisk efficiency of a son who has had to explain his father before. He warns David, speaks well of him to Saul, and secures an oath that David will not be put to death. David returns to Saul as before, fights the Philistines when war breaks out, and then finds Saul sitting at home with a spear in hand. The oath has scarcely had time to cool before Saul hurls the spear at the harpist and pins only the wall.

    The bed contains a rather unexpected patientvv. 11–17

    Saul sends messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning, so Michal tells David to run tonight or be dead tomorrow. She lowers him from the window, then makes the bed look occupied with a household idol, goat hair, and a garment. When Saul’s messengers arrive, Michal gives them the wonderfully economical diagnosis, “He is ill.” Saul, not satisfied with an invalid, orders them to bring the bed itself; the deception is then exposed, though Michal supplies Saul with another explanation for David’s escape.

    The arresting party is arrested by prophecyvv. 18–24

    David escapes to Samuel at Ramah, and the two go to Naioth, where a group of prophets is prophesying with Samuel leading them. Saul sends one company after another, and each company begins prophesying instead of seizing David. At last Saul comes to the large cistern at Secu, asks where Samuel and David are, and goes to Naioth himself. The Spirit of God comes upon him too: he walks along prophesying, strips off his robes, and collapses naked before Samuel for the whole day and night. The chapter leaves the question hanging in the air with admirable neatness: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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    1. 1 Sam 19:1Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

    2. 1 Sam 19:2so 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.

    3. 1 Sam 19:3I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”

    4. 1 Sam 19:4Then 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 against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

    5. 1 Sam 19:5He 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?”

    6. 1 Sam 19:6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

    7. 1 Sam 19:7So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.

    8. 1 Sam 19:8When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.

    9. 1 Sam 19:9But 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,

    10. 1 Sam 19:10Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

    11. 1 Sam 19:11Then 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!”

    12. 1 Sam 19:12So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

    13. 1 Sam 19:13Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

    14. 1 Sam 19:14When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

    15. 1 Sam 19:15But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”

    16. 1 Sam 19:16And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.

    17. 1 Sam 19:17And 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!’”

    18. 1 Sam 19:18So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

    19. 1 Sam 19:19When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

    20. 1 Sam 19:20he sent messengers to seize 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.

    21. 1 Sam 19:21When 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.

    22. 1 Sam 19:22Finally, 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.

    23. 1 Sam 19:23So 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.

    24. 1 Sam 19:24Then 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?”

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    • 4Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
    • 51 Chronicles 11:14But Eleazar and David stationed themselves in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.
    • 51 Samuel 11:13But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
    • 20Joel 2:28And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
    • 4Genesis 42:22And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
    • 4Proverbs 31:8–9Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
    • 5Judges 9:17for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
    • 5Matthew 27:4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
    • 51 Samuel 20:32“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
    • 91 Samuel 16:14Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
    • 23Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
    • 4Proverbs 17:13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
    • 5Psalms 119:109I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
    • 5Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
    • 6Proverbs 26:24–25A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
    • 71 Samuel 18:2And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.

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