1 Samuel 19:12

So Michal let down David, through the window, and he departed and fled, and escaped.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And Saul sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to put him to death, in the morning! And Michal his wife told David, saying, If thou do not deliver thyself to-night, to-morrow, art thou to be put to death.

13And Michal took the household god, and put it in the bed, and, a fly-net of goat’s-hair, put she at its head,—and covered it with the clothes.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:15And she let them down with a cord through the window,—for, her house, was within the wall of the rampart, and, within the rampart, she was dwelling.

Acts 9:24But their plot was made known unto Saul,—and they were even narrowly watching the gates, both 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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