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Saul Tries to Kill David

1 Samuel 19:12

In 11 translations

BSB
So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
KJV
¶ So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
WEB
So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped.
ASV
So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
LSV
And Michal causes David to go down through the window, and he goes on, and flees, and escapes;
YLT
And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth;
DBY
And Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled and escaped.
DRC
She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away and escaped.
GNV
So Michal let Dauid downe through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
JPS
So Michal let David down through the window; and he went, and fled, and escaped.
LXXE
So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתֹּ֧רֶד מִיכַ֛ל אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֑וֹן וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ וַיִּבְרַ֖ח וַיִּמָּלֵֽט׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ κατάγει ἡ Μελχὸλ τὸν Δαυὶδ διὰ τῆς θυρίδος, καὶ ἀπῆλθε καὶ ἔφυγε καὶ σώζεται.

Who and where

👤 David👤 Michal◆ Reign of Saul

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 2:15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
  • Acts 9:24–25but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him. One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
  • 2 Corinthians 11:32–33In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me. But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
  • Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

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