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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 CEV</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="../">CEV</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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Saul Tries To Have David Killed</h3><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_1"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.1" class="v9_19_1">1</span>One day, Saul told his son Jonathan and his officers to kill David. But Jonathan and David were best friends, </span><span class="v9_19_2"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.2-1Sam.19.3" class="v9_19_2">2-3</span>and he warned David, “My father is trying to have you killed, so be very careful. Hide in a field tomorrow morning, and I'll bring him there. Then I'll talk to him about you, and if I find out anything, I'll let you know.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_4"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.4-1Sam.19.5" class="v9_19_4">4-5</span>The next morning, Jonathan reminded Saul about the many good things David had done for him. Then he said, “Why do you want to kill David? He hasn't done anything to you. He has served in your army and has always done what's best for you. He even risked his life to kill Goliath. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> helped Israel win a great victory that day, and it made you happy.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_6"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.6" class="v9_19_6">6</span>Saul agreed and promised, “I swear by the living <span class="nd">Lord</span> that I won't have David killed!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_7"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.7" class="v9_19_7">7</span>Jonathan went to David and told him what Saul had said. Then he brought David to Saul, and David served in Saul's army just as he had done before.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_8"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.8" class="v9_19_8">8</span>The next time there was a war with the Philistines, David fought hard and forced them to retreat.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Michal Helps David Escape</h3><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_9"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.9-1Sam.19.10" class="v9_19_9">9-10</span>One night, David was in Saul's home, playing the harp for him. Saul was sitting there, holding a spear, when an evil spirit from the <span class="nd">Lord</span> took control of him. Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but David dodged, and it stuck in the wall. David ran out of the house 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> Saul sent guards to watch David's house all night and then to kill him in the morning.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_11">Michal, David's wife, told him, “If you don't escape tonight, they'll kill you tomorrow!” </span><span class="v9_19_12"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.12" class="v9_19_12">12</span>She helped David leave through a window and climb down to the ground.<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.19.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> As David ran off, </span><span class="v9_19_13"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.13" class="v9_19_13">13</span>Michal put a statue in his bed. She put goat hair on its head and dressed it in some of David's clothes.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_14"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.14" class="v9_19_14">14</span>The next morning, Saul sent guards to arrest David. But Michal told them, “David is sick.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_15"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.15" class="v9_19_15">15</span>Saul sent the guards back and told them, “Bring David to me—bed and all—so I can kill him.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_16"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.16" class="v9_19_16">16</span>When the guards went in, all they found in the bed was the statue with the goat hair on its head.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_17"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.17" class="v9_19_17">17</span>“Why have you tricked me this way?” Saul asked Michal. “You helped my enemy get away!”</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><h3 class="s1">Samuel Helps David Escape</h3><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_18"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.18" class="v9_19_18">18</span>Meanwhile, David went to Samuel at Ramah and told him what Saul had done. Then Samuel and David went to Prophets Village<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.19.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and stayed there.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_19"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.19" class="v9_19_19">19</span>Someone told Saul, “David is at Prophets Village in Ramah.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_20"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.20" class="v9_19_20">20</span>Saul sent a few soldiers to bring David back. They went to Ramah and found Samuel in charge of a group of prophets who were all prophesying. Then the Spirit of God took control of the soldiers and they started prophesying too.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_21"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.21" class="v9_19_21">21</span>When Saul heard what had happened, he sent some more soldiers, but they prophesied just like the first group. He sent a third group of soldiers, but 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>Finally, Saul left for Ramah himself. He went as far as the deep pit<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.19.22!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> at the town of Secu, and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_22">“At Prophets Village in Ramah,” the people answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_19_23"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.19.23" class="v9_19_23">23</span>Saul left for Ramah. But as he walked along, the Spirit of God took control of him, and he started prophesying. Then, when he reached Prophets Village, </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 stripped off his clothes and prophesied in front of Samuel. He dropped to the ground and lay there naked all that day and night. That's how the saying started, “Is Saul now a prophet?”</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">ground: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The house was probably built into the town wall, allowing David to come down outside the wall.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Prophets Village: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Naioth.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.22 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">pit: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A cistern, a large pit dug down into the rock and used for storing rainwater.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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