1 Samuel 19:12

So Michal let Dauid downe through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife told it him, saying, If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou shalt be slayne.

13Then Michal tooke an image, and layde it in the bed, and put a pillow stuffed with goates heare vnder the head of it, and couered it with a cloth.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:15Then she let them downe by a corde thorowe the windowe: for her house was vpon the towne wall, and she dwelt vpon the wall.

Acts 9:24But their laying awayte was knowen of Saul: nowe they watched the gates 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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