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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Samuel 19 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > 1 Samuel 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/18.htm" title="1 Samuel 18">◄</a> 1 Samuel 19 <a href="../1_samuel/20.htm" title="1 Samuel 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">David Is Persecuted by Saul</h3><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_1"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.1" class="v9_19_1">1</span>Saul told his son Jonathan and all his officials that he planned to kill<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.19.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> David. But Jonathan was very fond of David, </span><span class="v9_19_2"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.2" class="v9_19_2">2</span>and so he told him, “My father is trying to kill you. Please be careful tomorrow morning; hide in some secret place and stay there. </span><span class="v9_19_3"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.3" class="v9_19_3">3</span>I will go and stand by my father in the field where you are hiding, and I will speak to him about you. If I find out anything, I will let you know.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_4"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.4" class="v9_19_4">4</span>Jonathan praised David to Saul and said, “Sir, don't do wrong to your servant David. He has never done you any wrong; on the contrary, everything he has done has been a great help to you. </span><span class="v9_19_5"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.5" class="v9_19_5">5</span>He risked his life when he killed Goliath, and the <span class="nd">Lord</span> won a great victory for Israel. When you saw it, you were glad. Why, then, do you now want to do wrong to an innocent man and kill David for no reason at all?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_6"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.6" class="v9_19_6">6</span>Saul was convinced by what Jonathan said and made a vow in the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s name that he would not kill David. </span><span class="v9_19_7"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.7" class="v9_19_7">7</span>So Jonathan called David and told him everything; then he took him to Saul, and David served the king as he had before.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_8"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.8" class="v9_19_8">8</span>War with the Philistines broke out again. David attacked them and defeated them so thoroughly that they fled.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_9"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.9" class="v9_19_9">9</span>One day an evil spirit from the <span class="nd">Lord</span> took control of Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was there, playing his harp. </span><span class="v9_19_10"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.10" class="v9_19_10">10</span>Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David dodged, and the spear stuck in the wall. David ran away and escaped.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_11"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.11" class="v9_19_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.19.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> That same night Saul sent some men to watch David's house and kill him the next morning. Michal, David's wife, warned him, “If you don't get away tonight, tomorrow you will be dead.” </span><span class="v9_19_12"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.12" class="v9_19_12">12</span>She let him down from a window, and he ran away and escaped. </span><span class="v9_19_13"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.13" class="v9_19_13">13</span>Then she took the household idol, laid it on the bed, put a pillow made of goats' hair at its head, and put a cover over it. </span><span class="v9_19_14"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.14" class="v9_19_14">14</span>When Saul's men came to get David, Michal told them that he was sick. </span><span class="v9_19_15"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.15" class="v9_19_15">15</span>But Saul sent them back to see David for themselves. He ordered them, “Carry him here in his bed, and I will kill him.” </span><span class="v9_19_16"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.16" class="v9_19_16">16</span>They went inside and found the household idol in the bed and the goats' hair pillow at its head. </span><span class="v9_19_17"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.17" class="v9_19_17">17</span>Saul asked Michal, “Why have you tricked me like this and let my enemy escape?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_17">She answered, “He said he would kill me if I didn't help him escape.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_18"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.18" class="v9_19_18">18</span>David escaped and went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there. </span><span class="v9_19_19"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.19" class="v9_19_19">19</span>Saul was told that David was in Naioth in Ramah, </span><span class="v9_19_20"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.20" class="v9_19_20">20</span>so he sent some men to arrest him. They saw<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.19.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the group of prophets dancing and shouting, with Samuel as their leader. Then the spirit of God took control of Saul's men, and they also began to dance and shout. </span><span class="v9_19_21"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.21" class="v9_19_21">21</span>When Saul heard of this, he sent more messengers, and they also began to dance and shout. He sent messengers the third time, and the same thing happened to them. </span><span class="v9_19_22"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.22" class="v9_19_22">22</span>Then he himself started out to Ramah. When he came to the large well in Secu, he asked where Samuel and David were and was told that they were at Naioth. </span><span class="v9_19_23"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.23" class="v9_19_23">23</span>As he was going there, the spirit of God took control of him also, and he danced and shouted all the way to Naioth. </span><span class="v9_19_24"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.24" class="v9_19_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.19.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He took off his clothes and danced and shouted in Samuel's presence, and lay naked all that day and all that night. (This is how the saying originated, “Has even Saul become a prophet?”)</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.1: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">that he planned to kill; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">to kill.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.20: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">They saw; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">He saw.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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