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1 Samuel 19:10

DavidSaul
Protection and safety

8 When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.

9 But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,

Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.

11 Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

12 So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

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BSB
Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.
KJV
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
WEB
Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence; and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled and escaped that night.
ASV
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul`s presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
DARBY
And Saul sought to smite David and the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.
BLB
And Saul sought to strike David with the spear and into the wall, and he slipped away from the face of Saul, and he drove the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped in that night.
ÅB
Da søkte Saul å støte spydet gjennom David og inn i veggen; men han vek til side for Saul, så han støtte spydet i veggen. Samme natt flyktet David og slapp bort.
OTB
Saul prøvde å feste David til veggen med spydet, men han slapp unna Sauls nærvær, slik at han stakk spydet i veggen. David flyktet og slapp unna den natten.
B1930
Da søkte Saul å støte spydet gjennem David og inn i veggen; men han vek til side for Saul, så han støtte spydet i veggen. Samme natt flyktet David og slapp bort.

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