1 Samuel 19:15

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

16And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats' [hair], [for] his pillows.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:6And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, 'Jehovah liveth — he doth not die.'

Psalms 37:12The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him 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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