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1 Samuel 19:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.” "

1 Samuel 19:14

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12 So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped.

13 Michal took the teraphim and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head and covered it with clothes.

14 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”

15 Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”

16 When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.

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"About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.”"

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1 Samuel 19:20

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"Saul sent messengers to seize David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, God’s Spirit came on Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied."

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1 Samuel 19:1

"Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David."

1 Samuel 19:2

"Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, live in a secret place, and hide yourself."

1 Samuel 19:3

"I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father about you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.”"

1 Samuel 19:4

"Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;"

1 Samuel 19:5

"for he put his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”"

1 Samuel 19:6

"Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”"

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