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:

delighted 1Sa 18:1-3 Ps 16:3 Joh 15:17-19 1Jo 3:12-14

Jonathan 1Sa 20:2 Pr 17:17 Ac 9:24 23:16

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.

what I see 1Sa 20:9,13

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:

spake good 1Sa 20:32 22:13 Pr 24:11,12 31:8,9 Jer 18:20

sin against 1Sa 2:25 Ge 9:6 42:22 2Ch 6:22 1Co 8:12 1Jo 3:15

because his works Ps 35:12 109:4,5 Pr 17:13 Jer 18:20

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?

put his life 1Sa 28:21 Jud 9:17 12:3 Ps 119:109 Ac 20:24 Php 2:30

slew 1Sa 17:49-51

wrought 1Sa 11:13 14:45 17:52,53 Ex 14:13 1Sa 11:13

sin against innocent 1Sa 20:32 Jer 26:15 Mt 27:4,24

without a cause Ps 25:3 69:4 Joh 15:25

6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

sware 1Sa 14:39 28:10 Ps 15:4 Pr 26:24,25 Jer 5:2

he shalt not 1Sa 19:10,11

7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

in times past [heb] yesterday, third day 1Sa 16:21 18:2,10,13 Ge 31:2 Ex 4:10 1Ch 11:2 Isa 30:33

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.

David Ps 18:32 27:3

him [heb] his face

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.

1Sa 16:14 18:10,11

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.

sought 1Sa 19:6 Ho 6:4 Mt 12:43-45 Lu 11:24-26 2Pe 2:20-22

he slipped 1Sa 20:33 Job 5:14,15 Ps 18:17 34:19 Pr 21:30 Isa 54:17 Lu 4:30 Joh 10:39

and escaped Ps 124:7

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.

sent messengers Ps 59:1,3,4,6,15,16

to watch him Jud 16:2

12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

Michal Ps 34:19

let David Jos 2:15 Ac 9:24,25 2Co 11:32,33

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.

an image [heb] teraphim Ge 31:19 Jud 17:5 18:14,17 Ho 3:4

a pillow. Rather, `the net-work of goat's hair at its (the Teraphim's) pillow;' for the kevir, (whence the Chaldee and Syriac kavreetho, a honey-comb, form its net-like form), seems to have been a kind of mosquito-net, which, says Dr. Shaw, is `a close curtain of gauze, used all over the East, by people of fashion, to keep out the flies.' That they had such anciently cannot be doubted. Thus when Judith had beheaded Holofernes in his bed, (ch 13:9,15) `she pulled down the canopy (or the mosquito net, (), from (), a gnat, or mosquito, whence or word canopy) wherein he did lie in his drunkenness, from the pillars.

14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

she said Jos 2:5 2Sa 16:17-19 17:20

15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

Bring him. The eastern beds consist merely of two thick cotton quilts, one of which, folded double, serves as a mattress, the other as a covering. Such seems to have been the bed of David, which could easily have been carried, with himself in it, to the presence of Saul. 1Sa 19:6 Job 31:31 Ps 37:12 Pr 27:3,4 Ro 3:15

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.

And when It is highly probable that David, when supposed to be sick, was thought to be hid in the harem or chamber of Michal. `The harems,' says De La Motraye, `are sanctuaries, as sacred and inviolable, for persons pursed by justice for any crime, debt, etc. as the Roman Catholic churches in Italy, Spain, Portugal, etc.' Thus we find, that to effect his purpose, Saul sent messengers to Michal, but they treated her harem with too much respect to enter it at first; but being authorised by Saul, they entered even into her chamber; and during the delay occasioned by respect for the privacy of Michal, David escaped.

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?

Why hast 1Sa 22:17 28:12 Mt 2:16

mine enemy 1Ki 21:20 Ga 4:16

And Michal 2Sa 17:20

He said 1Sa 19:14 Ex 1:17-19

why should 2Sa 2:22

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.

to Samuel 1Sa 7:17 15:34 28:3 Ps 116:11 Jas 5:16

19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

1Sa 22:9,10 23:19 26:1 Pr 29:12

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.

sent messengers 1Sa 19:11,14 Joh 7:32,45

when they 1Sa 10:5,6,10 Nu 11:25,26 Joe 2:28 Joh 7:32,45,46 1Co 14:3,24,25

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.

sent messengers 2Ki 1:9-13 Pr 27:22 Jer 13:23

prophesied also Joe 2:28

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.

the Spirit 1Sa 19:20 10:10 Nu 23:5 24:2 Mt 7:22 Joh 11:51 1Co 13:2

until he came Pr 16:9 21:1

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?

stripped 2Sa 6:14,20 Isa 20:2 Mic 1:8

lay [heb] fell Nu 24:4

Is Saul 1Sa 10:1-12 Ac 9:21