1 Samuel 19:14

1 Samuel 19:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
• New International Version (NIV)When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”

Context of 1 Samuel 19:14

12So 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. When the troops came to arrest David, she told them he was sick and couldn’t get out of bed. 15But Saul sent the troops back to get David. He ordered, “Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him!” 16But when they came to carry David out, they discovered that it was only an idol in the bed with a cushion of goat’s hair at its head.

1 Samuel 19:14 word by word

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח שָׁא֛וּל מַלְאָכִ֖ים לָקַ֣חַת אֶת־דָּוִ֑ד וַתֹּ֖אמֶר חֹלֶ֥ה הֽוּא׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• messengersמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
• to takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• she saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• sickחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: illH2470

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 19:14

• Joshua 2:5They left the town at dusk, as the gates were about to close. I don’t know where they went. If you hurry, you can probably catch up with them.”
• 2 Samuel 16:17“Is this the way you treat your friend David?” Absalom asked him. “Why aren’t you with him?”
• 2 Samuel 17:20When Absalom’s men arrived, they asked her, “Have you seen Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied, “They were here, but they crossed over the brook.” Absalom’s men looked for them without success and returned to Jerusalem.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 19:14

• 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. 13-1413-14. And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed--"an image," literally, "the teraphim," and laid, not in the bed, but literally on the "divan"; and "the pillows," that is, the cushion, which usually lay at the back of the divan and was stuffed with "goat's hair," she took from its bolster or heading at the upper part of the divan. This she placed lower down, and covered with a mantle, as if to foster a proper warmth in a patient; at the same time…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 19:14

• David
• Falsehood
• Jealousy
• Michal

In the dictionaries

• David
• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• Lie
• Michal
• Secret
• Teraphim
• 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