1 Samuel 19:12

1 Samuel 19:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
• New International Version (NIV)So Michal let David down through a window, and he fled and escaped.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled away and escaped.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Michal let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped.

Context of 1 Samuel 19:12

10Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night. 11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!” So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped. 13Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment. 14When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

1 Samuel 19:12 word by word

וַתֹּ֧רֶד מִיכַ֛ל אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֑וֹן וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ וַיִּבְרַ֖ח וַיִּמָּלֵֽט׃Read the interlinear

• So Michalמִיכַלmîykâl · MichalH4324
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• loweredיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• fromבַּ֫עַדbe‛ad · about/through/forH1157
• the windowחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
• the windowהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• and he ran awayבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• and escapedמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 19:12

• Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
• Joshua 2:15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
• Acts 9:24but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
• 2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 19:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Let David down through a window - As Saul's messengers were sent to David's house to watch him, they would naturally guard the gate, or lie in wait in that place by which David would come out. Michal, seeing this let him down to the ground through a window probably at the back part of the house; and there being neither entrance nor issue that way, the liers in wait were easily eluded.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-24Verses 11-24 Michal's stratagem to gain time till David got to a distance was allowable, but her falsehood had not even the plea of necessity to excuse it, and manifests that she was not influenced by the same spirit of piety which had dictated Jonathan's language to Saul. In flying to Samuel, David made God his refuge. Samuel, as a prophet, was best able to advise him what to do in this day of distress. He met with little rest or satisfaction in Saul's…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him--The fear of causing a commotion in the town, or favoring his escape in the darkness, seemed to have influenced the king in ordering them to patrol till the morning. This infatuation was overruled by Providence to favor David's escape; for his wife, secretly apprised by Jonathan, who was aware of the design, or by spying persons in court livery watching the gate, let him down…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 19:12

• David
• Falsehood
• Jealousy
• Michal

In the dictionaries

• David
• Michal
• Secret
• Watch
• Jonathan (2)
• Samuel, Books of

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings