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1 Samuel 19:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’” "

1 Samuel 19:17

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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.

17 Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”

18 Now David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

19 Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”

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2 Samuel 3:14

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"David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”"

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1 Samuel 13:11

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"Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn’t come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash,"

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1 Samuel 28:12

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"When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, “Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!”"

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2 Samuel 6:20

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"Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”"

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1 Chronicles 15:29

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"As the ark of the LORD’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart."

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Acts 9:4

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"He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”"

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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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