1 Samuel 19:15

And again Saul sent to see David, saying: Bring him to me in the bed, that he may be slain.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

In Context

14And Saul sent officers to seize David: and it was answered that he was sick.

16And when the messengers were come in, they found an image upon the bed, and a goat's skin at its head.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:6And when Saul heard this he was appeased with the words of Jonathan, and swore: As the Lord liveth he shall not be slain.

Psalms 37:12The sinner shall watch the just man : and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.

Romans 3:15Their feet swift to shed blood:

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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