Saul wanted David dead. So he told his servants
and Jonathan to find him and kill him. Jonathan
rushed and told David, “Go and hide. I’ll talk to
my father and see if I can reason with him. I’ll let
you know if I’m successful.”
Jonathan talked to his father and told him that
David was a loyal servant and would do nothing
to harm the king. Saul listened to his son and
promised to let David live. So David went back
into the king’s courts and served him. War once
again broke out with the Philistines and David led
the army to victory against them.
Once again the Lord allowed an evil spirit to
enter the king. As David played the harp, Saul
grabbed a spear and threw it at him. He jumped
out of the way and ran from the room.
Saul called his guards and told them to go to
David’s house in the morning and kill him. Michal
heard about this and warned her husband. “You
must leave tonight. They’ll be here in the morning
to kill you.”
He went out the window and she helped lower
him down to the ground. She placed an image in
his bed and put goat hair on top of it. She then
covered it with a blanket. In the morning, she told
the guards, “He’s sick in bed.”
They went and told the king. He said, “Go!
Bring me the bed with David in it, and I’ll kill him
myself.”
When they went to the bed, they found the
image with the goat hair. Saul yelled at Michal.
“How could you lie to me and let my enemy get
away?”
She said, “He forced me to do it. He said he
would kill me if I didn’t.”
David went to Samuel and told him everything
that had happened. Saul found out that David
was with Samuel, so he sent guards to go get
him. When they got there, they saw Samuel
sitting with some prophets. Suddenly the guards
sat down and started prophesying.
Saul heard about this, so he sent more
guards. The same thing happened to them. They
sat down and started prophesying. So Saul sent
a third set of guards, and again they sat down
and started prophesying.
Finally Saul went himself. When he got close to
where they were, the Spirit of God came on him
and he started prophesying as he walked along.
When he entered the house, the king took off his
clothes as he was prophesying. He then collapsed
and lay naked the rest of that day, and all night.


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