1 Samuel 19:1-17

1 Samuel 19:1 (E). Saul bids Jonathan and his followers slay David, but Jonathan brings about a reconciliation.

1 Samuel 19:8 (E). It is uncertain whether 1 Samuel 19:11 is the sequel of 1 Samuel 19:8, or comes from a different source. In any case the whole of 1 Samuel 19:8 probably belongs to the ancient tradition.

Saul tries to kill David, but David escapes. Saul has his house watched, but Michal lets him down through the window and he escapes. She deceives Saul's messengers, by placing in the bed a dummy David, constructed out of the family teraphim (p. 100), with something it is not clear what for a pillow, and covering it up with a garment. ICC suggests that the Israelites, like the modern Arabs, may have covered their heads when they went to sleep.