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1 Samuel 19

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1And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

2But 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:

3And 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.

4And 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:

5For 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?

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

7And 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.

8And 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.

9And 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.

10And 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.

11Saul 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.

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

13And 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.

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

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

16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.

17And 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?

18So 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.

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

20And 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.

21And 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.

22Then 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.

23And 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.

24And 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?

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • שָׁאוּלShâʼûwlH758622× in this chapter

    Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

  • דָּוִדDâvidH173221× in this chapter

    David, the youngest son of Jesse

  • אֵתʼêthH85319× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • אֵלʼêlH41316× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • אָמַרʼâmarH55912× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • הוּאhûwʼH193110× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • גַּםgamH15718× in this chapter

    properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

  • מוּתmûwthH41918× in this chapter

    to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

  • מֲלְאָךְmălʼâkH43978× in this chapter

    a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

  • שָׁלַחshâlachH79718× in this chapter

    to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

  • יְהוֹנָתָןYᵉhôwnâthânH30837× in this chapter

    Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites

  • נָגַדnâgadH50467× in this chapter

    properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19806× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • כֹּלkôlH36056× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • נָבָאnâbâʼH50126× in this chapter

    to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

  • רָמָהRâmâhH74146× in this chapter

    Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • מִיכָלMîykâlH43245× in this chapter

    Mikal, Saul's daughter

  • מָלַטmâlaṭH44225× in this chapter

    properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

  • נָוִיתNâvîythH51215× in this chapter

    Navith, a place in Palestine

  • שְׁמוּאֵלShᵉmûwʼêlH80505× in this chapter

    Shemuel, the name of three Israelites

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH9355× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • אָבʼâbH14× in this chapter

    father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

  • מָהmâhH41004× in this chapter

    properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

  • נָכָהnâkâhH52214× in this chapter

    to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

  • עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • פָּנִיםpânîymH64404× in this chapter

    the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

  • רָאָהrâʼâhH72004× in this chapter

    to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

  • גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14193× in this chapter

    great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

  • דָבַרdâbarH16963× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • הֵםhêmH19923× in this chapter

    they (only used when emphatic)

  • הִנֵּהhinnêhH20093× in this chapter

    lo!

  • חָטָאchâṭâʼH23983× in this chapter

    properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

  • חֲנִיתchănîythH25953× in this chapter

    a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)

  • יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30683× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • יָשַׁבyâshabH34273× in this chapter

    properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

  • לַיִלlayilH39153× in this chapter

    properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity

  • לָקַחlâqachH39473× in this chapter

    to take (in the widest variety of applications)

  • מִטָּהmiṭṭâhH42963× in this chapter

    a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier

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