"And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He {is} sick." — 1 Samuel 19:14

1 Samuel 19:14 · KJV

“And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He {is} sick.”

— 1 Samuel 19:14

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. {image: Heb. teraphim}

Verse 15

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

1 Samuel 19 — Context

So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

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. {image: Heb. teraphim}

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

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

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

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.

2 Samuel 16:17-19

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

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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