m He doubled the number required ; partly, to oblige Saul the more to tae performance of his Promite z and partly, to ſhew his great Reſpect and AffeCtion toSaul's Daughter.
28 4 And Saul ſaw and knew that the LORD was with David,and that Michal Sauls daughter loved him.
29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David », and Saul became Davids enemy continually.
» Becauſc he both loſt his Deſign againſt Davis's life, and had now paved a way for him to the Throne.
30 Lhen the princes of the Philiſtines went forth o: and it came to paſs after they went forth, hat David behaved binſz1f more wiſely than all the ſervants of Saul, ſo that his name was mach + ſet by.
0 Towir, to war againſt the J/raelizes, being provoked both by T Heli
their former loſſes, and elpecially by that a& of David's, related as 2!6ciod bove, Ve. 27»
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Saul purpoſeth te kill David: Jonathan diſclſeth it ſpeaketh in his behalf ts. Saul : who ſ[weareth not to kill him : he returneth to Court, 1 7. By
reaſon of his ſucceſs in a new War, Saul again ſecketh ro kill him : Michal acquainteth him with it © he flyeth : ſhe detuiveth her father, $ 17s David comirh to Samuel at Ramah : Saul ſ[endeth meſſengers twice to afi« prehevwd him: they both propheſie, 18. 21. He geeth himfclf thithes . and propheſieth likewiſe, 22 —— 24.
AX Saul ſpake to Jonathan his ſon 8. \ and to all
. his ſervants b, that they ſhould kill David. |
s Whom. though lately engaged in a League of Friendſhip with '
David, he thought ro oblige to it by ſenſe of his own Intereſt,as be«
ing the next Heir of the Crown, and likely to ſuffer moſt by David's
advancement. b Whar before he ſecretly deſigned, now he openly
and impudently avowed.
2 Burt Jonathan Sanls ſon, delighted much in Davids
eth to kiil thee : now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thy ſelf uncil the morning c, and abide in a fecret place, and hide thy ſelf. | 2H
c Leſt he kill thee before I diſcourſe with him, and endeayous to reconcile him to thee; which I think nor fit ro attempr as yerg whilſt he is in the fir of Rage againſt thee;but I intend to do it in morning, when niay hope to find him in a better Temper. .
3 And [I will go out and ſtand by my father in the
held, where thou arr 4, and I will commune with my facher of thee, and what I fee, that I will tell thee.
4 In the Ficld where my Father ufeth ro walk, where alſo T would have thee ro hide thy ſelf, that I niay know where to find thee ag hand, to acquaint thee with the ſucceſs of my Endeaveurs, that thou mayeft accordingly either return to Court, or ſpeedily depart. |
4 Y And Jonathan ſpake good of David unto Saul 2. his father e, and faid unto him, Let not the king ſim againſt his ſervant, againſt David : becauſe he hath nor " finned againſt thee, and becauſe his works have bees t@ - © thee-ward very good. Sen T7
e Which he could nor do without hazard to himſelf. Hereig cherefore he performed the Duty of a true Friend, and of a valiant Man. |
5 For he did pat his * life in hi hand f,and flew the « Judgs
Cup.
| Heb. 1feraa) ehira da;
4 Heb. hi; face. t Chap- 16, 14+ & 18. 1 + Heb. « the Lord.
G Pal. i9- title.
Philiſtine,and the LORD wroughe a great ſalvation for 9. 17. ad all Iſracl 3 chou ſaweſt ir, and didft rejoyce:: where- 12. 3. | fore then wilt thou fin againſt innocent blood, to flay Ct. 25% David without a caule ? dat Sms F i. e He expoſed his life ro eminent hazard. See the Nates on "Ou Fuages 12+ 3. : |
6 And Saul hearkned unto the yoice of Jonathan, and Saul fware,.4s the LORD liveth, he ſhall not be | - RR, x
g This great change 1s not to be aſcribed to any true Repentarcg for his fin againſt David, er any better aff<ion- which he now had ro liim; bur meerly ro his own worldly Intereſt; becauſe he way convinced by Jor:athen's diſcourſe, that he could nor kill him, wich Ut great inconvenience and ſhame t@ kinfel£,
7 And
to her Qualicy- |
F Heb.
| ferd9)
Lid day: th eb. bis face. * Chap- 16, 14- & 18. 10: +Heb. 9 the Lord.
; Pl. j9- title.
Chup- XIX.
G \ | EL #- 4 . | 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan ſhew- ed him all choſe things: and Jonathan broughr David to Saul, and he was In his preſence as F in times paſt.
$ CE And there was war again: and David went
our, and fought wich the Philiſtines, and flew them with a great ſlaughter, and they fled from Þ him.
9 And *che evil ſpirit F ſrom the LORD was upon Saul h, as he far in his houſe with his javelin in bis hand: and David played with his hand. |
þ Davids Succeſſes againſt the Philiſtines , which ſhould have cheer- ed his hearr, made him ſad, and the Devil warched the cpportuni- ty £o improve his Melancholy, as before he had dene. |
10 And Saul ſought to ſmite David even to the wall with the javelin : but he flipt away out of Sauls pre- ſence ; and ize ſmore the javelin into the wall: and Da- vid fled, and eſcaped that night, :
11 * Saul alſo ſent meſſengers unto Davids houſe to watch him, and to ſlay bim in the morning 5 : and Michal Davids wife told him, ſaying, If thou fave noc thy life to night, 'to morrow thou ſbalt be ſlain &
; Why not in the Night? Anſw. Partly, becauſe it would have been barbarous, and moſt diſhonourable to Saul, ro break into Da- wias Houſe by Night, and kill him in his own Houſe and Bed ; and it ſeemed more expedient to kill him as he came out of his Houſe in the Morning : partly, becauſethe Night might give David lome opportunity of eſcaping, which the Day-light would prevent: and principally, by Gods ſingular providence, infatuating Sauls Mind to take the worſt courſe, that David might be delivered from him. & Which ſhe migar learn, eicher by information from Jonathan, or ſome other Courrier that was privy to the D-ſign: or trom her own obſervation of tome fuſpicious or dangerous Perſons hovering about the Houſe. - 2 s : AED, ; ”y :
12 © So Michal let David down thorow a windcw }: and he wentand fled, and eſcaped. _
1 Becauſe they Jay in wait for him at the Doors of the Houſe, whenloever he ſhould come forth there, LESS
12 And Michal took 7 an image #, and laid it in the bed, and puta pillow of goats hair for his bolſter », and covered it with a cloth os | PT |