5. David risked his life when he killed Goliath the Philistine, and the Lord won a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and were happy. Why would you do wrong against David? He’s innocent. There’s no reason to kill him!”
6. Saul listened to Jonathan and then made this promise: “As surely as the Lord lives, David won’t be put to death.”
7. So Jonathan called to David and told him everything that had been said. He brought David to Saul, and 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 rushed upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. David was playing the harp.
10. Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David jumped out of the way. So Saul’s spear went into the wall, and David ran away that night.
11. Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, saying, “Tonight you must run for your life. If you don’t, you will be dead in the morning.”
12. So she let David down out of a window, and he ran away and escaped.