1 Samuel 19 – NIV & BPH

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1 Samuel 19:1-24

Saul Tries to Kill David

1Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David 2and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there. 3I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I’ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.”

4Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly. 5He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?”

6Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be put to death.”

7So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.

8Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.

9But an evil19:9 Or But a harmful spirit 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, 10Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.

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

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

15Then 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.” 16But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats’ hair.

17Saul 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?’ ”

18When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there. 19Word came to Saul: “David is in Naioth at Ramah”; 20so he sent men to capture him. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came on Saul’s men, and they also prophesied. 21Saul was told about it, and he sent more men, and they prophesied too. Saul sent men a third time, and they also prophesied. 22Finally, he himself left for Ramah and went to the great cistern at Seku. And he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?”

“Over in Naioth at Ramah,” they said.

23So Saul went to Naioth at Ramah. But the Spirit of God came even on him, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth. 24He stripped off his garments, and he too prophesied in Samuel’s presence. He lay naked all that day and all that night. This is why people say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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1. Samuelsbog 19:1-24

David undslipper Saul

1Saul talte nu med sine folk og med sin søn Jonatan om at få David skaffet af vejen. Men Jonatan holdt meget af David, 2og derfor røbede han sin fars planer. „Min far er ude på at finde en anledning til at slå dig ihjel,” sagde han. „I morgen tidlig skal du derfor skjule dig et sted ude på marken. 3Så vil jeg bede min far om at gå en tur med mig, og jeg vil bringe dig på tale i nærheden af det sted, hvor du ligger skjult. Bagefter skal jeg nok fortælle dig, hvad jeg har fundet ud af.”

4Så talte Jonatan med sin far og lagde et godt ord ind for David. „Han har jo aldrig gjort dig noget ondt,” sagde han. „Tværtimod har han altid forsøgt at hjælpe dig. 5Har du glemt, hvordan han satte livet på spil for at slå Goliat ihjel, og hvordan Herren ved den lejlighed gav Israel en stor sejr? Du så det selv og glædede dig over det. Hvad får dig nu til at ændre mening, så du pønser på at slå en uskyldig mand ihjel? Det er der absolut ingen mening i.”

6Til sidst lod Saul sig overtale, og han svor: „Så sandt Herren lever, skal David ikke blive dræbt.”

7Så kaldte Jonatan på David og fortalte ham det hele. Derefter førte han ham til Saul, som tog ham i sin tjeneste som før. 8Krigen fortsatte, og David og hans mænd rykkede ud mod filistrene og dræbte så mange af dem, at resten af filisterhæren flygtede i panik.

9-10En dag, da Saul sad derhjemme med sit spyd i hånden, kom den onde ånd fra Herren igen over ham. David tog sin lyre og spillede for ham. Men pludselig kastede Saul sit spyd imod ham for at spidde ham til væggen. David sprang til side, og spyddet borede sig ind i væggen. Så flygtede han ud af huset og slap bort i mørket. 11Straks sendte Saul nogle af sine folk hen for at holde Davids hus bevogtet, så han kunne komme og dræbe ham den følgende morgen.

„Hvis du ikke flygter øjeblikkelig,” advarede Mikal sin mand, „er du dødsens i morgen.” 12Derefter hjalp hun David ud gennem et vindue, så han undslap. 13Så lagde hun husguden i hans seng, dækkede den med et tæppe og lagde noget gedehår i hovedenden. 14Da Sauls mænd næste morgen trængte ind i huset for at hente David, sagde Mikal: „Han er syg.” 15Den besked overbragte de til Saul, men det var han ikke tilfreds med. „Så bær ham hen til mig på sengen, så jeg kan gøre det af med ham,” befalede han. 16Men da de trængte ind i Davids soveværelse, opdagede de, at det var husguden, der lå i sengen med noget gedehår over hovedet.

17Så skældte Saul sin datter Mikal ud. „Hvorfor har du bedraget mig og ladet min fjende undslippe?” „Jeg blev tvunget til det,” forklarede hun. „Han truede med at slå mig ihjel, hvis jeg ikke gjorde, som han sagde.”

18Det lykkedes altså David at flygte. Han tog til Rama for at opsøge Samuel, og han fortalte ham om alt, hvad Saul havde gjort imod ham. Samuel tog ham med sig til Najot, hvor han kunne bo en tid. 19Da Saul fik at vide, at David opholdt sig i Najot tæt ved Rama, 20sendte han folk ud for at fange ham. Da de kom til stedet, hvor Samuel og de andre profeter stod og profeterede, kom Guds Ånd over dem—og de begyndte også at profetere! 21Da Saul hørte om det, sendte han andre folk af sted, men de begyndte også at profetere. For tredje gang sendte Saul en gruppe folk af sted, men de endte også med at profetere! 22Så tog Saul selv af sted til Rama. Da han kom til den store brønd ved Seku, spurgte han efter David og Samuel. „De er i Najot,” fik han at vide.

23På vejen derhen kom Guds Ånd over Saul, og han profeterede hele vejen til Najot! 24Derefter flåede han tøjet af sig, og hele dagen og den følgende nat lå han på gulvet og profeterede foran Samuel. Derfor siger man: „Er Saul nu også blandt profeterne?”