Verse 20

1 Samuel 19:20

World English Bible

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20 Saul sent messengers to seize David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, God (Elohim)’s Spirit came on Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֨ח שָׁא֣וּל מַלְאָכִים֮ לָ/קַ֣חַת אֶת דָּוִד֒ וַ/יַּ֗רְא אֶֽת לַהֲקַ֤ת הַ/נְּבִיאִים֙ נִבְּאִ֔ים וּ/שְׁמוּאֵ֕ל עֹמֵ֥ד נִצָּ֖ב עֲלֵי/הֶ֑ם וַ/תְּהִ֞י עַֽל מַלְאֲכֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַ/יִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ גַּם הֵֽמָּה

English Translation

And Saul sent messengers to take David, and he saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as their leader. And the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

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Chapter 19 Context

1 Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan,... Focus ↗

2 Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of y... Focus ↗

3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father... Focus ↗

4 Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against hi... Focus ↗

5 for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for al... Focus ↗

6 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, “As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to dea... Focus ↗

7 Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul... Focus ↗

8 There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great s... Focus ↗

9 An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David... Focus ↗

10 Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and... Focus ↗

11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s... Focus ↗

12 So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped. Focus ↗

13 Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head, and c... Focus ↗

14 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.” Focus ↗

15 Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”... Focus ↗

16 When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at... Focus ↗

17 Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped?” Mi... Focus ↗

18 Now David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him.... Focus ↗

19 Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.” Focus ↗

20 Saul sent messengers to seize David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and...

21 When Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul sent messengers again t... Focus ↗

22 Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Sam... Focus ↗

23 He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then God (Elohim)’s Spirit came on him also, and he went on, and p... Focus ↗

24 He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 19 (24 verses)
Version: World English Bible

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