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20 Then Saul sent messengers to take David. When they saw the company of the prophets in a frenzy, with Samuel standing in charge of[a] them, the spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also fell into a prophetic frenzy. 21 When Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they also fell into a frenzy. Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also fell into a frenzy. 22 Then he himself went to Ramah. He came to the great well that is in Secu;[b] he asked, ‘Where are Samuel and David?’ And someone said, ‘They are at Naioth in Ramah.’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 19:20 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 1 Samuel 19:22 Gk reads to the well of the threshing-floor on the bare height

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