1 Samuel 19:15
Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying,“Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him.”
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Referenced Verses
- 1 Sam 19:6 : 6 Saul accepted Jonathan’s advice and took an oath,“As surely as the LORD lives, he will not be put to death.”
- Job 31:31 : 31 if the members of my household have never said,‘If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’–
- Ps 37:12 : 12 Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.
- Prov 27:3-4 : 3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them. 4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
- Rom 3:15 : 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood,
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- 1 Sam 19:10-145 verses86%
10Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. David escaped quickly that night.
11Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him,“If you do not save yourself tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
12So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped.
13Then Michal took a household idol and put it on the bed. She put a quilt made of goat’s hair over its head and then covered the idol with a garment.
14When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said,“He’s sick.”
- 1 Sam 19:16-205 verses83%
16When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat’s hair at its head.
17Saul said to Michal,“Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!” Michal replied to Saul,“He said to me,‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’”
18Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth.
19It was reported to Saul saying,“David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
20So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.
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19So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said,“Send me your son David, who is out with the sheep.”
- 1 Sam 19:1-22 verses79%
1Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much.
2So Jonathan told David,“My father Saul is trying to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find a hiding place and stay in seclusion.
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31When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.
- 1 Sam 18:24-252 verses76%
24When Saul’s servants reported what David had said,
25Saul replied,“Here is what you should say to David:‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his enemies.’”(Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)
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13Saul said to him,“Why have you conspired against me, you and this son of Jesse? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf, so that he opposes me and waits in ambush, as is the case today!”
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15David said to him,“Can you take us down to this raiding party?” He said,“Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to this raiding party.”
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9David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?
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5So David set out and went to the place where Saul was camped. David saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general in command of his army, were sleeping. Now Saul was lying in the entrenchment, and the army was camped all around him.
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22Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying,“Let David be my servant, for I really like him.”
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15Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.
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22David replied,“Here is the king’s spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it.
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57So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.
- 1 Sam 24:3-42 verses74%
3He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.
4David’s men said to him,“This is the day about which the LORD said to you,‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.
- 1 Sam 18:21-222 verses74%
21Saul said,“I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David,“Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.”
22Then Saul instructed his servants,“Tell David secretly,‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”
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7So David and Abishai approached the army at night and found Saul lying asleep in the entrenchment with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. Abner and the army were lying all around him.
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31For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!”
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15David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the wilderness of Ziph.
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22David promised Saul this on oath. Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.
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9But the woman said to him,“Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed the mediums and magicians from the land! Why are you trapping me so you can put me to death?”
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17When Saul recognized David’s voice, he said,“Is that your voice, my son David?” David replied,“Yes, it’s my voice, my lord the king.”
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14David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand:“Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
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20Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”
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6Saul Executes the Priests But Saul found out the whereabouts of David and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree at an elevated location with his spear in hand and all his servants stationed around him.
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8So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men.
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10when someone told me that Saul was dead– even though he thought he was bringing good news– I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the good news I gave to him!
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17So Saul said to his servants,“Find me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”
- 2 Sam 4:7-82 verses72%
7They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him and then cut off his head. Taking his head, they traveled on the way of the rift valley all that night.
8They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, saying to the king,“Look! The head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life! The LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king this day against Saul and his descendants!”
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11and Saul threw the spear, thinking,“I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.
- 1 Sam 23:25-262 verses72%
25Saul and his men went to look for him. But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
26Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.
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7David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road.
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3Saul camped by the road on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon, but David was staying in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had come to the wilderness to find him,
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15Samuel said to Saul,“Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied,“I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me anymore– not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.”
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7Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly.
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17Then Saul said to David,“Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the LORD.”For Saul thought,“There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”