1Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

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1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 18:9, 1 Samuel 18:9

2Jonathan told David, saying, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.

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Proverbs 17:17, Proverbs 17:17, Acts 9:24, Acts 9:24, Psalms 16:3

3I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father about you; and if I see anything, I will tell you."

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1 Samuel 20:9, 1 Samuel 20:13, 1 Samuel 20:9, 1 Samuel 20:13

4Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, "Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;

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Jeremiah 18:20, Jeremiah 18:20, Genesis 42:22, Proverbs 31:8, Proverbs 31:9

5for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and the Lord worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?"

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1 Samuel 11:13, 1 Chronicles 11:14, 1 Samuel 11:13, 1 Chronicles 11:14, 1 Samuel 20:32

6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, "As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death."

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Proverbs 26:24, Proverbs 26:25, Proverbs 26:24, Proverbs 26:25, Jeremiah 5:2

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

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1 Samuel 18:2, 1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 18:13, 1 Samuel 18:2, 1 Samuel 16:21

8There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

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Psalms 18:32, Psalms 18:50, Psalms 27:3, Psalms 18:32, Psalms 18:50

9An evil spirit from the Lord was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

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1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Samuel 16:16, 1 Samuel 18:10, 1 Samuel 18:11

10Saul sought to pin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.

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1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 20:33, 1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 20:33, Proverbs 21:30

11Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed."

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Psalms 59:1, Psalms 59:17, Psalms 59:1, Psalms 59:17, Judges 16:2

12So Michal let David down through the window. He went, fled, and escaped.

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Joshua 2:15, Joshua 2:15, Acts 9:24, Acts 9:25, Acts 9:24

13Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.

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Genesis 31:19, Genesis 31:19, Judges 18:14, Judges 18:17, Judges 18:14

14When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."

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Joshua 2:5, Joshua 2:5, 2 Samuel 17:20, 2 Samuel 16:17, 2 Samuel 16:19

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

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Romans 3:15, 1 Samuel 19:6, Job 31:31, Psalms 37:12, Proverbs 27:3

16When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.

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17Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped?" Michal answered Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! Why should I kill you?'"

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2 Samuel 2:22, 2 Samuel 2:22, 1 Kings 21:20, 1 Samuel 19:14, 1 Samuel 28:12

18Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

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1 Samuel 7:17, 1 Samuel 7:17, James 5:16, 1 Samuel 15:34, 1 Samuel 28:3

19It was told Saul, saying, "Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah."

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1 Samuel 26:1, 1 Samuel 23:19, 1 Samuel 22:9, 1 Samuel 22:10, Proverbs 29:12

20Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

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Joel 2:28, John 7:32, Joel 2:28, John 7:32, 1 Samuel 10:5

21When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.

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Proverbs 27:22, Joel 2:28, 2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 1:13, Jeremiah 13:23

22Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, "Where are Samuel and David?" One said, "Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah."

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23He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then the Spirit of God came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

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Proverbs 16:9, 1 Samuel 10:10, Proverbs 16:9, 1 Samuel 10:10, 1 Samuel 19:20

24He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

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1 Samuel 10:10, 1 Samuel 10:12, 2 Samuel 6:20, Micah 1:8, Isaiah 20:2