King James Version
1 Samuel 19:12 in the King James Version says “So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.”
1 Samuel 19:12 · King James Version
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
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.
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“down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and escaped”
H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth youn
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