1Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,stylus1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 18:9, 1 Samuel 18:92so 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.stylusProverbs 17:17, Proverbs 17:17, Acts 9:24, Acts 9:24, Psalms 16:33I 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.”stylus1 Samuel 20:9, 1 Samuel 20:13, 1 Samuel 20:9, 1 Samuel 20:134Then 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.stylusJeremiah 18:20, Jeremiah 18:20, Genesis 42:22, Proverbs 31:8, Proverbs 31:95He 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?”stylus1 Samuel 11:13, 1 Chronicles 11:14, 1 Samuel 11:13, 1 Chronicles 11:14, 1 Samuel 20:326Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”stylusProverbs 26:24, Proverbs 26:25, Proverbs 26:24, Proverbs 26:25, Jeremiah 5:27So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.stylus1 Samuel 18:2, 1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 18:13, 1 Samuel 18:2, 1 Samuel 16:218When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.stylusPsalms 18:32, Psalms 18:50, Psalms 27:3, Psalms 18:32, Psalms 18:509But 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,stylus1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Samuel 16:16, 1 Samuel 18:10, 1 Samuel 18:1110Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.stylus1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 20:33, 1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 20:33, Proverbs 21:3011Then 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!”stylusPsalms 59:1, Psalms 59:17, Psalms 59:1, Psalms 59:17, Judges 16:212So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.stylusJoshua 2:15, Joshua 2:15, Acts 9:24, Acts 9:25, Acts 9:2413Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.stylusGenesis 31:19, Genesis 31:19, Judges 18:14, Judges 18:17, Judges 18:1414When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”stylusJoshua 2:5, Joshua 2:5, 2 Samuel 17:20, 2 Samuel 16:17, 2 Samuel 16:1915But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”stylusRomans 3:15, 1 Samuel 19:6, Job 31:31, Psalms 37:12, Proverbs 27:316And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.stylus17And 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!’”stylus2 Samuel 2:22, 2 Samuel 2:22, 1 Kings 21:20, 1 Samuel 19:14, 1 Samuel 28:1218So 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.stylus1 Samuel 7:17, 1 Samuel 7:17, James 5:16, 1 Samuel 15:34, 1 Samuel 28:319When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,stylus1 Samuel 26:1, 1 Samuel 23:19, 1 Samuel 22:9, 1 Samuel 22:10, Proverbs 29:1220he sent messengers to capture 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.stylusJoel 2:28, John 7:32, Joel 2:28, John 7:32, 1 Samuel 10:521When 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.stylusProverbs 27:22, Joel 2:28, 2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 1:13, Jeremiah 13:2322Finally, 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.stylus23So 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.stylusProverbs 16:9, 1 Samuel 10:10, Proverbs 16:9, 1 Samuel 10:10, 1 Samuel 19:2024Then 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?”stylus1 Samuel 10:10, 1 Samuel 10:12, 2 Samuel 6:20, Micah 1:8, Isaiah 20:2