1 Samuel 19:14

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 19:14

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Berean Standard Bible

When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

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KJV

King James Version

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He [is] sick.

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WEB

World English Bible

When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Samuel 19

¹² So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

¹³ Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

¹⁴ When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

¹⁵ But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”

¹⁶ And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.

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