1 Samuel 19:20
And Saul sent men to take David; and when they saw the band of prophets at work, with Samuel in his place at their head, the spirit of God came on Saul's men, and they became like prophets.
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19And word was given to Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah.
Cross References
Numbers 11:25Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time.
1 Samuel 10:6And the spirit of the Lord will come on you with power, and you will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into another man.
1 Samuel 19:11Then in that night Saul sent men to David's house to keep watch on him so as to put him to death in the morning: and David's wife Michal said to him, If you do not go away to a safe place tonight you will be put to death in the morning.
John 7:45Then the servants went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why have you not got him with you?
1 Corinthians 14:24But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 19:19-24
Saul Prophesies before Samuel. ( b. c. 1058.) 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 Naioth. 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he… Read the whole commentary →