1 Samuel 19:12
¶ 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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- 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 19:12
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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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.
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.
12¶ So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
12¶ So Michal let Dauid downe thorow a window: and hee went and fled, and escaped.
Selected passage13And 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.
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.