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19:17. And Saul said to Michol: Why hast thou deceived me so, and let my
enemy go and flee away? And Michol answered Saul: Because he said to me:
Let me go, or else I will kill thee.
19:18. But David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel in Ramatha, and
told him all that Saul had done to him: and he and Samuel went and dwelt
in Najoth.
Najoth... It was probably a school or college of prophets, in or near
Ramath under the direction of Samuel.
19:19. And it was told Saul by some, saying: Behold David is in Najoth,
in Ramatha.
19:20. So Saul sent officers to take David: and when they saw a company
of prophets prophesying, and Samuel presiding over them, the Spirit of
the Lord came also upon them, and they likewise began to prophesy.
Prophesying... That is, singing praises to God by a divine impulse. God
was pleased on this occasion that both Samuel's messengers and himself
should experience the like impulse, that he might understand, by this
instance of the divine power, how vain are the designs of man against
him whom God protects.
19:21. And when this was told Saul, he sent other messengers: but they
also prophesied. And again Saul sent messengers the third time: and they
prophesied also. And Saul being exceeding angry,
19:22. Went also himself to Ramatha, and came as far as the great
cistern, which is in Socho, and he asked, and said: In what place are
Samuel and David? And it was told him: Behold they are in Najoth, in
Ramatha.
19:23. And he went to Najoth, in Ramatha, and the Spirit of the Lord
came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied till he came to
Najoth, in Ramatha.
19:24. And he stripped himself also of his garments, and prophesied with
the rest before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and night. This
gave occasion to a proverb: What! is Saul too among the prophets?
1 Kings Chapter 20
Saul being obstinately bent upon killing David, he is sent away by
Jonathan.
20:1. But David fled from Najoth, which is in Ramatha, and came and said
to Jonathan: What have I done? what is my iniquity, and what is my sin
against thy father, that he seeketh my life?
20:2. And he said to him: God forbid, thou shalt not die: for my father
will do nothing, great or little, without first telling me: hath then my
father hid this word only from me? no, this shall not be.
20:3. And he swore again to David. And David said: Thy father certainly
knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, and he will say: Let not
Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly as the Lord liveth,
and thy soul liveth, there is but one step (as I may say) between me and
death.
20:4. And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever thy soul shall say to me, I
will do for thee.
20:5. And David said to Jonathan: Behold to morrow is the new moon, and
I, according to custom, am wont to sit beside the king to eat: let me go
then that I may be hid in the field till the evening of the third day.
To morrow is the new moon... The neomenia, or first day of the moon,
kept according to the law, as a festival; and therefore Saul feasted on
that day: and expected the attendance of his family.
20:6. If thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt answer him:
David asked me that he might run to Bethlehem, his own city: because
there are solemn sacrifices there for all of his tribe.
20:7. If he shall say: It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if
he be angry, know that his malice is come to its height.
20:8. Deal mercifully then with thy servant: for thou hast brought me,
thy servant, into a covenant of the Lord with thee. But if there be any
iniquity in me, do thou kill me, and bring me not in to thy father.
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