1Sa 19:1
19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his
     servants, that they should {a} kill David.

     (a) Before Saul sought David's life secretly, but now his
         hypocrisy grows to open cruelty.

1Sa 19:3
19:3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field
     where thou {b} [art], and I will commune with my father of
     thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

     (b) That I may warn you what to do.

1Sa 19:6
19:6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul {c}
     sware, [As] the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

     (c) Whatever he pretended outwardly, yet his heart was full
         of malice.

1Sa 19:9
19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat
     in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David {d}
     played with [his] hand.

     (d) He played on his harp to appease the rage of the evil
         spirit, @1Sa 16:23.

1Sa 19:12
19:12 So Michal {e} let David down through a window: and he
      went, and fled, and escaped.

      (e) Thus God moved both the son and daughter of this
          tyrant to favour David against their father.

1Sa 19:15
19:15 And Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying,
      Bring him up to me in the {f} bed, that I may slay him.

      (f) Behold, how the tyrants to accomplish their rage,
          neither regard oath nor friendship, God nor man.

1Sa 19:18
19:18 So 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 {g} Naioth.

      (g) Naioth was a school where the word of God was studied,
          near Ramah.

1Sa 19:20
19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw
      the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel
      standing {h} [as] appointed over them, the Spirit of God
      was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also {i}
      prophesied.

      (h) Being their chief instructor.
      (i) Changed their minds and praised God.

1Sa 19:23
19:23 And he {k} went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit
      of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied,
      until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

      (k) With a mind to persecute them.

1Sa 19:24
19:24 And he stripped off his {l} clothes also, and prophesied
      before Samuel in like manner, and lay {m} down naked all
      that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, [Is] Saul
      also among the prophets?

      (l) His kingly apparel.
      (m) He humbled himself as others did.