1 Samuel 19:1
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should
a kill David.
(a) Before Saul sought Davids life secretly, but now his hypocrisy grows to open cruelty.
1 Samuel 19:3
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou
b [art], and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
(b) That I may warn you what to do.
1 Samuel 19:6
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul
c sware, [As] the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
(c) Whatever he pretended outwardly, yet his heart was full of malice.
1 Samuel 19:9
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David
d played with [his] hand.
(d) He played on his harp to appease the rage of the evil spirit, ( 1 Samuel 16:23 ).
1 Samuel 19:12
So Michal
e let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
(e) Thus God moved both the son and daughter of this tyrant to favour David against their father.
1 Samuel 19:15
And Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the
f bed, that I may slay him.
(f) Behold, how the tyrants to accomplish their rage, neither regard oath nor friendship, God nor man.
1 Samuel 19:18
So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in
g Naioth.
(g) Naioth was a school where the word of God was studied, near Ramah.
1 Samuel 19:20
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing
h [as] appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also
i prophesied.
(h) Being their chief instructor.
(i) Changed their minds and praised God.
1 Samuel 19:23
And he
k went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
(k) With a mind to persecute them.
1 Samuel 19:24
And he stripped off his
l clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay
m down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?
(l) His kingly apparel.
(m) He humbled himself as others did.
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