1 Samuel 19:17

Saul Tries to Kill David · 1 Samuel 19:1–24
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Translations

Modern
And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
Traditional
And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
Literal
And Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and sent away my enemy, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go; why should I kill you?’”
Latin
Dixitque Saul ad Michol: Quare sic illusisti mihi, et dimisisti inimicum meum ut fugeret? Et respondit Michol ad Saul: Quia ipse locutus est mihi: Dimitte me, alioquin interficiam te.

Original

Hebrew
English
And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”

Notes

Events

Parallels

Psalm 59:1–17

People

Michal: Daughter of Saul; wife of David Saul: First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel

Glossary

Covenant David Furniture Michal Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

David: King of Israel: Saul Attempts to Kill Him Falsehood: Michal, in the False Statement That David Was Sick, in Order to Save Him from Saul's Violence Jealousy: Saul, of David Michal: Rescues David from Death