15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David themselves. Saul told them, “Bring him here to me in his bed so that I can kill him.”
16 The messengers came, and there in the bed were the idols with the goat-hair blanket at its head.
17 Saul asked Michal, “Why did you betray me by sending my enemy away so that he could escape?”Michal answered, “He told me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’ ”
18 David escaped and went to Samuel at Ramah. He told Samuel everything Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to the pastures and lived there.
19 When it was reported to Saul that David was in the pastures at Ramah,
20 Saul sent messengers to get David. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying with Samuel serving as their leader, God’s Spirit came over Saul’s messengers so that they also prophesied.
21 When they told Saul ⌊about this⌋, he sent other messengers, but they also prophesied. Saul even sent a third group of messengers, but they also prophesied.