4. Jonathan talked to Saul his father. He said good things about David. Jonathan said, “You are the king. Don’t do wrong to your servant David. He did nothing wrong to you. What he did has helped you greatly.
5. David risked his life when he killed Goliath the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and you were happy. Why would you do wrong against David? He’s innocent. There’s no reason to kill him!”
6. Saul listened to Jonathan. Then he made this promise: “As surely as the Lord lives, David won’t be put to death.”
7. So Jonathan called to David. He told David everything that had been said. And he brought David to Saul. So David was with Saul as before.
8. When war broke out again, David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them, and they ran away from him.
9. But once again an evil spirit from the Lord entered Saul. He was sitting in his house, and he had his spear in his hand. David was playing the harp.
10. Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear. But David moved away from him. So Saul’s spear went into the wall. And David ran away that night.
11. Saul sent men to David’s house. They watched it, wanting to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him. She said, “Tonight you must run away to save your own life. If you don’t, you will be killed tomorrow morning.”
12. Then she let David down out of a window. So he ran away and escaped.
13. Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed. She covered it with clothes and put goats’ hair at its head.
14. Saul sent messengers to take David prisoner. But Michal said, “He is sick.”
15. The men went and told Saul, but he sent them back to see David. He told them, “Bring him to me on his bed so I can kill him.”