4 So Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. “You should not commit a sin against your servant David,” he said. “He hasn’t sinned against you. Instead, he has done some very fine things for you:
5 He risked his life and killed the Philistine Goliath, and the Lord gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you rejoiced. Why then should you sin by shedding David’s innocent blood for no reason?”
6 Saul listened to Jonathan, and he promised, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord lives, he will not be killed.”
7 Jonathan told David all of this. Then Jonathan took David to Saul. So David was returned to his former status in Saul’s court.
8 When war broke out again, David went to fight the Philistines. He defeated them so decisively that they fled from him.
9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came over Saul while he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. David was strumming a tune.
10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with his spear. But David dodged it, and Saul’s spear struck the wall. David fled, escaping ⌊from Saul⌋ that night.