KJV King James Version
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] at Naioth in Ramah.
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1 Samuel 19:19
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] at Naioth in Ramah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,
WEB World English Bible
It was told Saul, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
ASV American Standard Version
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it is declared to Saul, saying, ‘Lo, David is in Naioth in Ramah.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 19
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.
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Proverbs 29:12If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.1 Samuel 22:9-10Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of Jeshimon?1 Samuel 26:1And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, [which is] before Jeshimon?
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