1 Samuel 19:14

And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13And Michal took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.

15And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may slay him.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 16:17And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not forth with thy friend?

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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