experience widowhood, before she can come to enjoy any advantage from
their mutual conversation. Consider these things, and change your mind
to a more merciful temper, and do no mischief to a man, who, in the
first place, hath done us the greatest kindness of preserving thee; for
when an evil spirit and demons had seized upon thee, he cast them out,
and procured rest to thy soul from their incursions: and, in the second
place, hath avenged us of our enemies; for it is a base thing to forget
such benefits." So Saul was pacified with these words, and sware to his
son that he would do David no harm, for a righteous discourse proved
too hard for the king's anger and fear. So Jonathan sent for David, and
brought him good news from his father, that he was to be preserved. He
also brought him to his father; and David continued with the king as
formerly.

3. About this time it was that, upon the Philistines making a new
expedition against the Hebrews, Saul sent David with an army to fight
with them; and joining battle with them he slew many of them, and after
his victory he returned to the king. But his reception by Saul was not
as he expected upon such success, for he was grieved at his prosperity,
because he thought he would be more dangerous to him by having acted so
gloriously: but when the demoniacal spirit came upon him, and put
him into disorder, and disturbed him, he called for David into his
bed-chamber wherein he lay, and having a spear in his hand, he ordered
him to charm him with playing on his harp, and with singing hymns; which
when David did at his command, he with great force threw the spear at
him; but David was aware of it before it came, and avoided it, and fled
to his own house, and abode there all that day.

4. But at night the king sent officers, and commanded that he should be
watched till the morning, lest he should get quite away, that he might
come into the judgment-hall, and so might be delivered up, and
condemned and slain. But when Michal, David's wife, the king's daughter,
understood what her father designed, she came to her husband, as having
small hopes of his deliverance, and as greatly concerned about her own
life also, for she could not bear to live in case she were deprived of
him; and she said, "Let not the sun find thee here when it rises, for if
it do, that will be the last time it will see thee: fly away then while
the night may afford thee opportunity, and may God lengthen it for thy