1 Samuel 19:15
And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may slay him.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
14And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.
16And the messengers come, and, behold, the images were on the bed, and the goat’s liver at his head.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:6And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, As the Lord lives, he shall not die.
Psalms 37:12My friends and my neighbors drew near before me, and stood still; 1 And my nearest of kin stood afar off. 1
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 →