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1 Samuel 19:12
12So she helped him climb out through a 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
10Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night. 11Then Saul sent troops to watch David’s house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead by morning.” So she helped him climb out through a window, and he fled and escaped. 13Then she took an idol and put it in his bed, covered it with blankets, and put a cushion of goat’s hair at its head. 14When the troops came to arrest David, she told them he was sick and couldn’t get out of bed.
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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 34:19The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.
- Joshua 2:15Then, since Rahab’s house was built into the town wall, she let them down by a rope through the window.
- Acts 9:24They were watching for him day and night at the city gate so they could murder him, but Saul was told about their plot.
- 2 Corinthians 11:32When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the city gates to catch 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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