1 Samuel 19:15

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 entered, lo! the household god in the bed,—with a fly-net of goat’s-hair at its head.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan,—and Saul sware, By the life of Yahweh, he shall not be put to death!

Psalms 37:12Plotting is the lawless one, against the just, and gnashing upon him with his teeth.

Romans 3:15Swift, are their feet to shed blood;

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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