1 Samuel 19:17 · KJV
“And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?”
— 1 Samuel 19:17
And when the messengers were come in, behold, {there was} an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' {hair} for his bolster.
So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
1 Samuel 19 — Context
And 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.
17And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
19And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David {is} at Naioth in Ramah.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:22
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
Matthew 2:16
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
1 Samuel 19:14
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He {is} sick.
1 Kings 21:20
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found {thee}: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
1 Samuel 22:17
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also {is} with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. {footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners}
1 Samuel 28:12
And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou {art} Saul.
Exodus 1:17-19
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
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.