King James Version
1 Samuel 19:14 in the King James Version says “And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.”
1 Samuel 19:14 · KJV
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“messengers”
H4397a messenger; specifically, of god, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“He is sick”
H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to stroke (in flattering), entreat
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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