6. Saul listened to Jonathan’s advice and swore an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be killed.”
7. So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these words. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he did before.
8. When war broke out again, David went out and fought against the Philistines. He defeated them with such a great force that they fled from him.
9. Now an evil spirit sent from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his palace holding a spear. David was playing the lyre,
10. and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear. As the spear struck the wall, David eluded Saul, ran away, and escaped that night.
11. Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow! ”
12. So she lowered David from the window, and he fled and escaped.
13. Then Michal took the household idol and put it on the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.
14. When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, “He’s sick.”
15. Saul sent the agents back to see David and said, “Bring him on his bed so I can kill him.”