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1 Samuel 19:12
12And Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and 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 sought to smite David and the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night. 11And Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning; and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be put to death. And Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled and escaped. 13And Michal took the image, and laid it in the bed, and put the net of goats' [hair] at its head, and covered it with the coverlet. 14And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, He is sick.
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וַתֹּ֧רֶד מִיכַ֛ל אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֑וֹן וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ וַיִּבְרַ֖ח וַיִּמָּלֵֽט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 19:12
- Psalms 34:19Many are the adversities of the righteous, but Jehovah delivereth him out of them all:
- Joshua 2:15And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
- Acts 9:24But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him;
- 2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take 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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