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1 Samuel 19:14 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 19 · verse 14
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.1 Samuel 19:14 · King James Version
1 Samuel 19:14 in context
12So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
13And 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.
14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
15And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- messengersmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- SaulShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7586 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- takelâqachto takeH3947 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here is, I. Saul's further design of mischief to David. When David had escaped the javelin, supposing he went straight to his own house, as indeed he did, Saul sent some of his guards after him to lay wait at the door of his house, and to assassinate him in the morning as soon as he stirred out, Sa1 19:11.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-17