2. So Jonathan warned David, "My father Saul is trying to kill you. Be on guard tomorrow morning. Stay somewhere safe and hide.
3. I’ll go out and stand by my father in the field where you’ll be. I’ll talk to my father about you, and I’ll tell you whatever I find out."
4. So Jonathan spoke highly about David to his father Saul, telling him, "The king shouldn’t do anything wrong to his servant David, because he hasn’t wronged you. In fact, his actions have helped you greatly.
5. He risked his own life when he killed that Philistine, and the Lord won a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and were happy about it. Why then would you do something wrong to an innocent person by killing David for no reason?"
6. Saul listened to Jonathan and then swore, "As surely as the Lord lives, David won’t be executed."
7. So Jonathan summoned David and told him everything they had talked about. Then Jonathan brought David back to Saul, and David served Saul as he had previously.
8. War broke out again. When David went out to fight the Philistines, he struck them with such force that they ran from him.
9. Then an evil spirit from the Lord came over Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in hand while David was playing music.
10. Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David escaped Saul. Saul drove the spear into the wall, but David fled and got away safely. That night
11. Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch on it and kill him in the morning. David’s wife Michal warned him, "If you don’t escape with your life tonight, you are a dead man tomorrow."
12. So Michal lowered David through a window. He took off and ran, and he got away.