1 Samuel 19:12

She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away and escaped.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

In Context

11Saul therefore sent his guards to David's house to watch him, that he might be killed in the morning. And when Michol David's wife had told him this, saying: Unless thou save thyself this night, to morrow thou wilt die,

13And Michol took an image and laid it on the bed, and put a goat's skin with the hair at the head of it, and covered it with clothes.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:15They answered her: Be our lives for you unto death, only if thou betray us not. And when the Lord shall have delivered us the land, we will shew thee mercy and truth.

Acts 9:24But their laying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 19:12-18

11 Saul also sent messengers unto 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 shalt be slain. 12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers… Read the whole commentary →

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