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1 Samuel 19

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24 verses in KJV · 148 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of 1 Samuel 19 (KJV)

19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

19:2 But 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:

19:3 And 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.

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Samuel

Approximate study chronology: c. 1062 BC

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