1 Samuel 19:15

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for its head to rest on.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be put to death.

Psalms 37:12The wicked purposeth evil against the just, and gnasheth against him with his teeth.

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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