Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 19:15
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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.”
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And Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
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Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
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And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
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1 Samuel 19
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.
17 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!’”
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