Context 19It was told Saul, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.” 20Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing and presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul; and they also prophesied. 21When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. 22Then he himself went to Ramah and came as far as the large well that is in Secu; and he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And someone said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.” 23He proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?” Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. Douay-Rheims Bible And it was told Saul by some, saying: Behold David is in Najoth in Ramatha. Darby Bible Translation And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth by Ramah. English Revised Version And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. Webster's Bible Translation And it was told to Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. World English Bible It was told Saul, saying, "Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah." Young's Literal Translation And it is declared to Saul, saying, 'Lo, David is in Naioth in Ramah.' Library The Exile Continued. "So David fled, and escaped and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done unto him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth" (1 Sam. xix. 18)--or, as the word probably means, in the collection of students' dwellings, inhabited by the sons of the prophets, where possibly there may have been some kind of right of sanctuary. Driven thence by Saul's following him, and having had one last sorrowful hour of Jonathan's companionship--the last but one on earth--he fled to Nob, whither … Alexander Maclaren—The Life of David Why all Things Work for Good Samuel Links 1 Samuel 19:19 NIV • 1 Samuel 19:19 NLT • 1 Samuel 19:19 ESV • 1 Samuel 19:19 NASB • 1 Samuel 19:19 KJV • 1 Samuel 19:19 Bible Apps • 1 Samuel 19:19 Parallel • Bible Hub |
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