1 Samuel 19:12

Modern

So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

Traditional

So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

Literal

And Michal let down David through a window, and he went and fled and escaped.

Latin

…deposuit eum per fenestram. Porro ille abiit et aufugit, atque salvatus est.

Hebrew

English

So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua 2:15
Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
2 Corinthians 11:32–33
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
Acts 9:24–25
…but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Michal: Daughter of Saul; wife of David