1 Samuel 19:1-10

1Now Saul told Jonathan his son and all his servants 1to put David to death. But 2Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David. 2So Jonathan told David saying, “Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself. 3I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; 3if I 4find out anything, then I will tell you.” 4Then Jonathan 5spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “6Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very 7beneficial to you. 5For 8he took his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and 9the Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel; you saw it and rejoiced. 10Why then will you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death without a cause?” 6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul vowed, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death.” 7Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as 11formerly.

8When there was war again, David went out and fought with the Philistines and 12defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled before him. 9Now there was 13an evil spirit from the Lord on Saul as he was sitting in his house 14with his spear in his hand, 15and David was playing the harp with his hand. 1016Saul tried to 17pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, so that he 18stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.