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Saul wil David doden

19 Saul zei tegen zijn zoon Jonatan en al zijn dienaren dat ze David moesten doden. Maar David was Jonatans beste vriend. Daarom vertelde Jonatan het hem. Hij zei tegen David: "Mijn vader Saul wil je doden. Zoek morgenvroeg een schuilplaats en verberg je daar. Let goed op. Ik zal met mijn vader naar het veld gaan waar jij je hebt verborgen. Daar zal ik met hem over je praten. Ik zal uitzoeken hoe hij over je denkt. Dan laat ik je weten wat hij zegt."

Jonatan vertelde zijn vader Saul goede dingen over David en zei tegen hem: "Doe David alstublieft geen kwaad. Dood hem niet. Hij heeft u ook geen kwaad gedaan. Hij heeft juist heel veel goeds voor u gedaan. Hij heeft zijn leven gewaagd en Goliat verslagen. Door hem heeft de Heer Israël een grote overwinning op de Filistijnen gegeven. U heeft het zelf gezien en U bent er blij om geweest. Waarom zou u dan een onschuldig man doden? U heeft toch helemaal geen reden om David te doden?" Saul luisterde naar Jonatan en zwoer: "Ik zweer bij de Heer dat ik hem niet zal doden." Toen riep Jonatan David en vertelde hem het hele gesprek. Jonatan bracht David weer bij Saul. En David was net zoals eerst weer bij Saul in dienst.

Toen de Filistijnen opnieuw aanvielen, ging David er met zijn leger op uit en streed tegen hen. Hij was veel sterker dan zij en ze moesten voor hem vluchten.

Maar de duivelse geest die door de Heer gestuurd was, kwam weer over Saul. Hij zat thuis, met zijn speer in de hand. David speelde voor hem op de harp. 10 Toen probeerde Saul om David met de speer aan de muur te spietsen. Maar David dook snel opzij, zodat de speer in de muur kwam. Hij vluchtte en wist die avond te ontsnappen.

David vlucht uit zijn huis

11 Toen stuurde Saul soldaten naar Davids huis. Ze moesten daar de wacht houden en hem 's morgens doden als hij naar buiten kwam. Maar Michal, de vrouw van David, zei tegen David: "Als je vannacht niet vlucht, zul je morgen worden gedood." 12 En ze liet hem door een raam naar beneden zakken. Hij vluchtte en ontsnapte. 13 Toen legde Michal een godenbeeld op het bed, sloeg er een deken overheen en legde een vacht van geitenhaar op het hoofd ervan.

14 Saul stuurde de mannen om David te halen. Maar Michal zei: "Hij is ziek." 15 Toen beval Saul de mannen om naar David te gaan kijken en zei: "Breng hem met bed en al hier. Dan kan ik hem doden." 16 Toen ze binnenkwamen, ontdekten ze dat op het bed een godenbeeld lag met een vacht van geitenhaar op het hoofd. 17 Saul zei tegen Michal: "Waarom heb je me bedrogen? Je hebt mijn vijand helpen vluchten! Nu is hij ontsnapt!" Maar ze antwoordde: "Hij zei tegen mij: 'Help me ontsnappen, anders dood ik je.' "

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David Delivered from Saul

19 Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David.(A) But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much,(B) so he told him: “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning and hide in a secret place and stay there. I’ll go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are and talk to him about you. When I see what he says, I’ll tell you.”(C)

Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. He said to him: “The king should not sin against his servant David.(D) He hasn’t sinned against you; in fact, his actions have been a great advantage to you. He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine,(E) and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel.(F) You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”(G)

Saul listened to Jonathan’s advice and swore an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be killed.” So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these words. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he did before.(H)

When war broke out again, David went out and fought against the Philistines. He defeated them with such a great force that they fled from him.

Now an evil spirit sent from the Lord(I) came on Saul as he was sitting in his palace holding a spear.(J) David was playing the lyre,(K) 10 and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear.(L) As the spear struck the wall, David eluded Saul, ran away, and escaped that night. 11 Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning.(M) But his wife Michal(N) warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!” 12 So she lowered David from the window, and he fled and escaped.(O) 13 Then Michal took the household idol and put it on the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment. 14 When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, “He’s sick.”(P)

15 Saul sent the agents back to see David and said, “Bring him on his bed so I can kill him.” 16 When the messengers arrived, to their surprise, the household idol was on the bed with some goat hair on its head.

17 Saul asked Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!”

She answered him, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”

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Saul Tries to Kill David

19 Saul told his son Jonathan(A) and all the attendants to kill(B) David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding(C) and stay there. I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I’ll speak(D) to him about you and will tell you what I find out.”

Jonathan spoke(E) well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong(F) to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly. He took his life(G) in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory(H) for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent(I) man like David by killing him for no reason?”

Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be put to death.”

So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.(J)

Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.

But an evil[a] spirit(K) from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the lyre,(L) 10 Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded(M) him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.

11 Saul sent men to David’s house to watch(N) it and to kill him in the morning.(O) But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you’ll be killed.” 12 So Michal let David down through a window,(P) and he fled and escaped. 13 Then Michal took an idol(Q) and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats’ hair at the head.

14 When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said,(R) “He is ill.”

15 Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him.” 16 But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats’ hair.

17 Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?”

Michal told him, “He said to me, ‘Let me get away. Why should I kill you?’”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 19:9 Or But a harmful