1 Samuel 19:12
New International Version
So Michal let David down through a window, and he fled and escaped.

New Living Translation
So she helped him climb out through a window, and he fled and escaped.

English Standard Version
So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled away and escaped.

Berean Standard Bible
So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

King James Bible
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

New King James Version
So Michal let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped.

New American Standard Bible
So Michal let David down through a window, and he went and fled, and escaped.

NASB 1995
So Michal let David down through a window, and he went out and fled and escaped.

NASB 1977
So Michal let David down through a window, and he went out and fled and escaped.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Michal let David down through a window, and he went out and fled and escaped.

Amplified Bible
So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled and escaped.

Christian Standard Bible
So she lowered David from the window, and he fled and escaped.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So she lowered David from the window, and he fled and escaped.

American Standard Version
So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Malkil let David down from a window, and he fled and he went on and was saved

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.

Contemporary English Version
She helped David leave through a window and climb down to the ground. As David ran off,

Douay-Rheims Bible
She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away and escaped.

English Revised Version
So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Michal lowered David through a window, and he ran away to escape.

Good News Translation
She let him down from a window, and he ran away and escaped.

International Standard Version
So Michal let David down through the window, and he escaped and fled.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So Michal let David down through the window; and he went, and fled, and escaped.

Literal Standard Version
And Michal causes David to go down through the window, and he goes on, and flees, and escapes;

Majority Standard Bible
So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

New American Bible
Then Michal let David down through a window, and he made his escape in safety.

NET Bible
So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped.

New Revised Standard Version
So Michal let David down through the window; he fled away and escaped.

New Heart English Bible
So Mikal let David down through the window. He went, fled, and escaped.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

World English Bible
So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped.

Young's Literal Translation
And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Michal Saves David
11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!” 12So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped. 13Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.…

Cross References
Acts 9:25
One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

2 Corinthians 11:33
But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

Joshua 2:15
Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.

1 Samuel 14:49
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).

2 Samuel 17:20
When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" "They have crossed over the brook," she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.


Treasury of Scripture

So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

Michal

Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

let David

Joshua 2:15
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

Acts 9:24,25
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him…

2 Corinthians 11:32,33
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: …

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4. He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah
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12. Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her
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(12) So Michal let David down.--The princess, his wife, knew well her father's character, and conscious, now that the veil of his dark design was publicly lifted, that there was no hope for her husband any longer save in his instant flight, she "let David down through a window," because the king's guards were watching the door. With this desperate flight began those long weary wanderings, those perpetual risks of his life, which went on until the death of King Saul released David from his deadly enemy.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Michal
מִיכַ֛ל (mî·ḵal)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4324: Michal -- wife of David

lowered
וַתֹּ֧רֶד (wat·tō·reḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

David
דָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

from
בְּעַ֣ד (bə·‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for

the window,
הַחַלּ֑וֹן (ha·ḥal·lō·wn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 2474: A window

and he ran away
וַיִּבְרַ֖ח (way·yiḇ·raḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly

and escaped.
וַיִּמָּלֵֽט׃ (way·yim·mā·lêṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks


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