1 Samuel 19:14

And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and she saith, 'He [is] sick.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats' [hair] she hath put [for] his pillows, and covereth with a garment.

15And Saul sendeth the messengers to see David, saying, 'Bring him up in the bed unto me,' — to put him to death.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 16:17And Absalom saith unto Hushai, 'This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone 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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