Read 1 Samuel 19 here (text coming …) or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
19:1-3 {s} Saul sought to kill David, so Jonathan warned him
19:4-7 {s} Jonathan reasoned with Saul and the king relented
19:8-10 {p} David prevailed over the Philistines, but Saul tried to kill him
19:11-13 {s} Michal helps David escape
19:14 {s} So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
19:15-16 {s} Saul sent messengers to bring him that he might kill him
19:17-21a {s} David escaped to Samuel, but messengers thwarted by the Spirit of God
19:21b-24 {p} Messengers and Saul prophesy before Samuel when they trird to take David
The Strong themes:
18:30-19:10 {sx3+p} David the wisest of Saul’s servants, but Saul twice more sought to kill him
19:11-24 {sx4+p} Michal and Samuel helped David escape capture
1 Samuel 17:1-18:5 Chiastic Structure:
Three times David fled, and escaped:
And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and Saul struck the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night. 1 Sam 19:10
So Michal let David down through the window; and he went, and fled, and escaped. 1 Sam 19:12
Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 1 Sam 19:18
Three, a Sign of Messiah in Scripture, is pointing out that David escaped certain death, the sign of resurrection life. And the central axis of the structure continues to point out that David as a Messiah Prophetic Type prevails mightily over his enemies.
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