1 Samuel 19:8-24

1 Samuel 19:8-24

[8] And there was war  again:  and David  went out,  and fought  with the Philistines,  and slew  them with a great  slaughter;  and they fled  from  him. [9] And the evil  spirit  from the LORD  was upon Saul,  as he sat  in his house  with his javelin  in his hand:  and David  played  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  the javelin  into the wall:  and David  fled,  and escaped  that night.  [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 save  not thy life  to night,  to morrow  thou shalt be slain.  [12] So Michal  David  down  through a window:  and fled,  and escaped.  [13] And Michal  took  an image,  and laid  it in the bed,  and put  a pillow  of goats'  hair for his bolster,  and covered  it with a cloth.  [14] And when Saul  sent  messengers  to take  David,  she said,  He is sick.  [15] And Saul  sent  the messengers  again to see  David,  saying,  Bring him up  to me in the bed,  that I may slay  [16] And when the messengers  were come in,  behold, there was an image  in the bed,  with a pillow  of goats'  hair for his bolster.  [17] And Saul  said  unto Michal,  Why hast thou deceived me so,  and sent away  mine enemy,  that he is escaped?  And Michal  answered  Saul,  He said  unto me, Let me go;  why should I kill  [18] So David  fled,  and escaped,  and came  to Samuel  to Ramah,  and told  him all that Saul  had done  to him. And he and Samuel  and dwelt  in Naioth.  [19] And it was told  Saul,  saying,  Behold, David  is at Naioth  in Ramah.  [20] And Saul  sent  messengers  to take  David:  and when they saw  the company  of the prophets  prophesying,  and Samuel  standing  as appointed  over them, the Spirit  of God  was upon the messengers  of Saul,  and they also prophesied.  [21] And when it was told  Saul,  he sent  other  messengers,  and they prophesied  likewise. And Saul  sent  messengers  again  the third  time, and they prophesied  [22] he also to Ramah,  and came  to a great  well  that is in Sechu:  and he asked  and said,  Where  are Samuel  and David?  And one said,  Behold, they be at Naioth  in Ramah.  [23] thither to Naioth  in Ramah:  and the Spirit  of God  on,  and prophesied,  until he came  to Naioth  in Ramah.  [24] And he stripped off  his clothes  also,  and prophesied  before  Samuel  in like manner, and lay down  naked  all that day  and all that night.  Wherefore they say,  Is Saul  also among the prophets?