1 Samuel 19:14
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.
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
15 But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
16 And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
- KJV
- And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
- WEB
- When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
- ASV
- And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
- DARBY
- And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, He is sick.
- BLB
- And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, “He [is] sick.”
- ÅB
- og da Saul sendte bud for å hente David, sa hun: Han er syk.
- OTB
- Da Saul sendte bud for å gripe David, sa hun: “Han er syk.”
- B1930
- og da Saul sendte bud for å hente David, sa hun: Han er syk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 2:5
At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
Read in context2 Samuel 17:20
When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Samuel 16:17–19
“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
Read in context