1 locutus est autem Saul ad Ionathan filium suum
et ad omnes servos suos ut occiderent David
porro Ionathan filius Saul diligebat David valde
2 et indicavit Ionathan David dicens
quaerit Saul pater meus occidere te
quapropter observa te quaeso mane et manebis clam et absconderis
3 ego autem egrediens stabo iuxta patrem meum in agro
ubicumque fueris
et ego loquar de te ad patrem meum
et quodcumque videro nuntiabo tibi
4 locutus est ergo Ionathan de David bona ad Saul patrem suum
dixitque ad eum ne pecces rex in servum tuum David
quia non peccavit tibi et opera eius bona sunt tibi valde
5 et posuit animam suam in manu sua
et percussit Philistheum
et fecit Dominus salutem magnam universo Israhel
vidisti et laetatus es
quare ergo peccas in sanguine innoxio
interficiens David qui est absque culpa
6 quod cum audisset Saul placatus voce Ionathae iuravit
vivit Dominus quia non occidetur
7 vocavit itaque Ionathan David et indicavit ei omnia verba haec
et introduxit Ionathan David ad Saul
et fuit ante eum sicut fuerat heri et nudius tertius
8 motum est autem rursus bellum
et egressus David pugnavit adversus Philisthim
percussitque eos plaga magna et fugerunt a facie eius
9 et factus est spiritus Domini malus in Saul
sedebat autem in domo sua et tenebat lanceam
porro David psallebat in manu sua
10 nisusque est Saul configere lancea David in
pariete
et declinavit David a facie Saul
lancea autem casso vulnere perlata est in parietem
et David fugit et salvatus est nocte illa
11 misit ergo Saul satellites suos in domum David
ut custodirent eum et interficeretur mane
quod cum adnuntiasset David Michol uxor sua dicens
nisi salvaveris te nocte hac cras morieris
12 deposuit eum per fenestram
porro ille abiit et aufugit atque salvatus est
13 tulit autem Michol statuam et posuit eam super lectum
et pellem pilosam caprarum posuit ad caput eius
et operuit eam vestimentis
14 misit autem Saul apparitores qui raperent David
et responsum est quod aegrotaret
15 rursumque misit Saul nuntios ut viderent David dicens
adferte eum ad me in lecto ut occidatur
16 cumque venissent nuntii inventum est simulacrum super lectum
et pellis caprarum ad caput eius
17 dixitque Saul ad Michol quare sic inlusisti mihi
et dimisisti inimicum meum ut fugeret
et respondit Michol ad Saul
quia ipse locutus est mihi dimitte me alioquin interficiam te
18 David autem fugiens salvatus est et venit ad Samuhel in Ramatha
et nuntiavit ei omnia quae fecerat sibi Saul
et abierunt ipse et Samuhel et morati sunt in Nahioth
19 nuntiatum est autem Sauli a dicentibus
ecce David in Nahioth in Rama
20 misit ergo Saul lictores ut raperent David
qui cum vidissent cuneum prophetarum vaticinantium
et Samuhel stantem super eos
factus est etiam in illis spiritus Domini
et prophetare coeperunt etiam ipsi
21 quod cum nuntiatum esset Sauli misit alios nuntios
prophetaverunt autem et illi
et rursum Saul misit tertios nuntios
qui et ipsi prophetaverunt
22 abiit autem etiam ipse in Ramatha
et venit usque ad cisternam magnam quae est in Soccho
et interrogavit et dixit in quo loco sunt Samuhel et David
dictumque est ei ecce in Nahioth sunt in Rama
23 et abiit in Nahioth in Rama
et factus est etiam super eum spiritus Dei
et ambulabat ingrediens et prophetabat
usque dum veniret in Nahioth in Rama
24 et expoliavit se etiam ipse vestimentis suis
et prophetavit cum ceteris coram Samuhel
et cecidit nudus tota die illa et nocte
unde et exivit proverbium num et Saul inter prophetas
1 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 to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place , and hide thyself: 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art , and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
4 ¶ And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: 5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it , and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
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 let David down through a window: and he went, 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 him. 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 thee?
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 went 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 also. 22 Then went 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 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went 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?