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1 Samuel 19:11

DavidMichalSaul

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,

10 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.

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.

13 Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

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BSB
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!”
KJV
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.
WEB
Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
ASV
And Saul 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 wilt be slain.
DARBY
And Saul sent messengers to 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 wilt be put to death.
BLB
And Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal his wife declared it to David, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
ÅB
Og Saul sendte bud til Davids hus for å vokte på ham og drepe ham om morgenen; men Mikal, Davids hustru, varslet ham om det og sa: Berger du ikke ditt liv inatt, så blir du drept imorgen.
OTB
Da sendte Saul bud til Davids hus for å vokte ham, for å drepe ham om morgenen. Men Mikal, Davids kone, sa til ham: “Hvis du ikke redder livet ditt i natt, vil du bli drept i morgen.”
B1930
Og Saul sendte bud til Davids hus for å vokte på ham og drepe ham om morgenen; men Mikal, Davids hustru, varslet ham om det og sa: Berger du ikke ditt liv inatt, så blir du drept imorgen.

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  • Psalms 59:1–17

    Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

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  • Judges 16:2

    When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

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