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And Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go! Why should I put you to death? <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/19-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Now David fled and escaped and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/19-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>It was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/19-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing <i>and</i> presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul; and they also prophesied. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/19-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/19-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Then he himself went to Ramah and came as far as the large well that is in Secu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And <i>someone</i> said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/19-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>He proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/19-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats hair at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Michol took an image and laid it on the bed, and put a goat's skin with the hair at the head of it, and covered it with clothes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/1_samuel/19.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Michal took the image, and laid it in the bed, and put the net of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the coverlet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goat's hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Michal 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats' hair she hath put for his pillows, and covereth with a garment.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the_life_of_david/v_the_exilecontinued.htm">The Exile Continued. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"So David fled, and escaped and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done unto him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth" (1 Sam. xix. 18)--or, as the word probably means, in the collection of students' dwellings, inhabited by the sons of the prophets, where possibly there may have been some kind of right of sanctuary. Driven thence by Saul's following him, and having had one last sorrowful hour of Jonathan's companionship--the last but one on earth--he fled to Nob, whither <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the_life_of_david/v_the_exilecontinued.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">The Life of David</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_divine_cordial/why_all_things_work_for.htm">Why all Things Work for Good</a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. The grand reason why all things work for good, is the near and dear interest which God has in His people. The Lord has made a covenant with them. "They shall be my people, and I will be their God" (Jer. xxxii. 38). By virtue of this compact, all things do, and must work, for good to them. "I am God, even thy God" (Psalm l. 7). This word, Thy God,' is the sweetest word in the Bible, it implies the best relations; and it is impossible there should be these relations between God and His people, and <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_divine_cordial/why_all_things_work_for.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Divine Cordial</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/samuel.htm">Samuel</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/samuel.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/19-13.htm">1 Samuel 19:13 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/19-13.htm">1 Samuel 19:13 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_samuel/19-13.htm">1 Samuel 19:13 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/19-13.htm">1 Samuel 19:13 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/19-13.htm">1 Samuel 19:13 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/19-13.htm">1 Samuel 19:13 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/1_samuel/19-13.htm">1 Samuel 19:13 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/19-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 19:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 19:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/19-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 19:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 19:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/1_samuel/19-13.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>