1 Samuel 19:11–12
Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife tolde him, saying, If thou saue not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slaine.
¶ So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
¶ So Michal let Dauid downe thorow a window: and hee went and fled, and escaped.
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From verse 11
- Psalms 59:1–17Rank 1 from verse 11
1DELIVER me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
4They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
5Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
6They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
8But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
14And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
15Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
16But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
1¶ Deliuer me from mine enemies, O my God: defend mee from them that rise vp against me.
2Deliuer mee from the workers of iniquitie, and saue me from bloodie men.
3For loe, they lye in waite for my soule; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression, nor for my sinne, O LORD.
4†They runne and prepare themselues without my fault: awake to helpe me, and behold.
5Thou therefore, O LORD God of hostes, the God of Israel, awake to visite all the heathen: be not mercifull to any wicked transgressours. Selah.
6They returne at euening: they make a noise like a dogge, and go round about the citie.
7*Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lippes; for who, say they, doeth heare?
8But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt haue all the heathen in derision.
9† Because of his strength will I wait vpon thee: for God is my defence.
10†The God of my mercy shall preuent me; God shall let mee see my desire vpon mine enemies.
11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them downe, O LORD our shield.
12 For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them euen be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speake.
13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Iacob, vnto the ends of the earth. Selah.
14And at euening let them returne, and let them make a noise like a dogge, and goe round about the citie.
15†‖Let them wander vp and downe for meate, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
16But I will sing of thy power; yea I will sing alowd of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast bene my defence and refuge, in the day of my trouble.
17Vnto thee, O my strength, wil I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
- Judges 16:2Rank 2 from verse 11
2And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and layd wait for him all night in the gate of the citie, and were †quiet all the night, saying, In the morning when it is day, we shall kill him.
From verse 12
- Joshua 2:15Rank 1 from verse 12
- 2 Corinthians 11:32–33Rank 2 from verse 12
32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
32In Damascus the gouernour vnder Aretas the King, kept the citie with a garison, desirous to apprehend mee.
33And through a window in a basket was I let downe, by the wall, and escaped his hands.
- Acts 9:24–25Rank 3 from verse 12
24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
24*But their laying awaite was knowen of Saul: and they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
25Then the disciples tooke him by night, and let him downe by the wall in a basket.
- Psalms 34:19Rank 4 from verse 12
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1 Samuel 19:11
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
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messengers
Persons who bear messages or errands; bearers of spoken or written communications or dispatches.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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Sense 1: To remain awake, alert, attentive, vigilant, observant, or on guard. Sense 2: A guard or guard duty, a station or group keeping guard, or a division of the night so guarded.
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To kill or put to death.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.
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The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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The next day or the time following the present day, and by extension a coming or future time.
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Killed, put to death, struck down, or slaughtered.
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1 Samuel 19:12
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of.
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An opening or aperture in the wall or structure of a building, ship, or ark, admitting light, air, sight, passage, or access.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of flee (to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil).
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of escape, meaning to flee from and avoid; to get out of the way; to shun; to obtain security from; to pass without harm.
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19:8¶ And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
19:8¶ And there was warre againe, and Dauid went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter, & they fled from †him.
19:9And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
19:9And the euill spirit from the LORD was vpon Saul, as he sate in his house with his iauelin in his hand: and Dauid played with his hand.
19:10And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
19:10And Saul sought to smite Dauid euen to the wall with the iauelin: but hee slipt away out of Sauls presence, and he smote the iauelin into the wall: and Dauid fled, and escaped that night.
19:11Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
19:11Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife tolde him, saying, If thou saue not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slaine.
Selected passage19:12¶ So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
19:12¶ So Michal let Dauid downe thorow a window: and hee went and fled, and escaped.
Selected passage19:13And 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.
19:13And Michal tooke an image, and laid it in the bedde, and put a pillow of goats haire for his bolster, and couered it with a cloth.
19:14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
19:14And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she said, He is sicke.
19:15And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
19:15And Saul sent the messengers againe to see Dauid, saying, Bring him vp to me in the bedde, that I may slay him.
19:16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
19:16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goates haire for his bolster.
19:17And 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?
19:17And Saul said vnto Michal, Why hast thou deceiued me so, and sent away mine enemie, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, Hee said vnto me, Let mee goe; Why should I kill thee?