8 And there was war again and David went out and fought with the Philistines and slew them with a great slaughter and they fled from him 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 played with his hand 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin but he slipped away out of Saul's presence and he smote the javelin into the wall and David fled and escaped that night
11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house to watch him and to slay him in the morning and Michal David's wife told him saying If thou save not thy life to night to morrow thou shalt be slain 12 So Michal let David down through a window and he went and fled and escaped 13 And Michal took an image and laid it in the bed and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster and covered it with a cloth 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David she said He is sick 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David saying Bring him up to me in the bed that I may slay him 16 And when the messengers were come in behold there was an image in the bed with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster 17 And Saul said unto Michal Why hast thou deceived me so and sent away mine enemy that he is escaped And Michal answered Saul He said unto me Let me go why should I kill thee
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 Naioth 19 And it was told Saul saying Behold David is at Naioth in Ramah 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing as appointed over them the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul and they also prophesied 21 And when it was told Saul he sent other messengers and they prophesied likewise And Saul sent messengers again the third time and they prophesied also 22 Then went he also to Ramah and came to a great well that is in Sechu and he asked and said Where are Samuel and David And one said Behold they be at Naioth in Ramah 23 And he 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 24 And he stripped off his clothes also and prophesied before Samuel in like manner and lay down naked all that day and all that night Wherefore they say Is Saul also among the prophets
