1 Samuel 19
- 1And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
- 2But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, I pray you, be careful until the morning, and stay in a secret place, and hide yourself:
- 3And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will commune with my father of you. What I see, that I will tell you.
- 4And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David. Because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been to you-ward very good:
- 5For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel: you saw it, and rejoiced: therefore then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
- 6And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.
- 7And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
- 8And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him.
- 9And the evil spirit from the Lord was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
- 10And Saul sought to strike David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he struck the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
- 11Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed.
- 12So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
- 13And 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.
- 14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
- 15And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.
- 16And when the messengers had come in there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
- 17And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away my enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go. Why should I kill you?
- 18So 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 lived in Naioth.
- 19And it was told Saul, saying David is at Naioth in Ramah.
- 20And 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 on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
- 21And 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.
- 22Then he went 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 they be at Naioth in Ramah.
- 23And he went there to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
- 24And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 1 Samuel 19 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
KJVBut Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
GIGAKJVBut Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, I pray you, be careful until the morning, and stay in a secret place, and hide yourself:
KJVAnd I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
GIGAKJVAnd I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will commune with my father of you. What I see, that I will tell you.
KJVAnd Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
GIGAKJVAnd Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David. Because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been to you-ward very good:
KJVFor he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
GIGAKJVFor he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel: you saw it, and rejoiced: therefore then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
KJVAnd Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.
KJVAnd Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
GIGAKJVAnd Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the evil spirit from the Lord was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul sought to strike David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he struck the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
KJVSaul 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.
GIGAKJVSaul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed.
KJVAnd Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.
KJVAnd when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
GIGAKJVAnd when the messengers had come in there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away my enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go. Why should I kill you?
KJVSo 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.
GIGAKJVSo 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 lived in Naioth.
KJVAnd it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
GIGAKJVAnd it was told Saul, saying David is at Naioth in Ramah.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd 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 on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen he went 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 they be at Naioth in Ramah.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he went there to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
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