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1 Samuel 19:14

DavidSaul

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.

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

15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.

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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.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 2:5

    And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:20

    And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Samuel 16:17–19

    And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

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