Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 19:12
12So she lowered David from the window, and he fled and escaped.
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
10and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear. As the spear struck the wall, David eluded Saul, ran away, and escaped that night. 11Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!” So she lowered David from the window, and he fled and escaped. 13Then Michal took the household idol and put it on the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment. 14When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, “He’s sick.”
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וַתֹּ֧רֶד מִיכַ֛ל אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֑וֹן וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ וַיִּבְרַ֖ח וַיִּמָּלֵֽט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Samuel 19:12
- Psalms 34:19One who is righteous has many adversities, but the Lord rescues him from them all.
- Joshua 2:15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, since she lived in a house that was built into the wall of the city.
- Acts 9:24but Saul learned of their plot. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,
- 2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus, a ruler under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus 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
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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
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