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1 Samuel 19:12

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Samuel 19:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
1 Samuel 19:12 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Samuel 19

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
10And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul`s presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
11And Saul 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 wilt be slain.
12So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
13And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats` [hair] at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes.
14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
15And 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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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So Michal let David down through a window, etc.] In like manner as Rahab let down the spies from her house in Jericho, when the king’s messengers were in quest of them, (<060215>Joshua 2:15); and as the disciples let down the Apostle Paul at Damascus, to preserve him from the designs of the Jews upon him: and he went, and fled, and escaped; he departed from his house, and ran with all the haste he could, and escaped the messengers that had beset the house, and were waiting for him.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Michal: Psa 34:19 let David: Jos 2:15; Act 9:24, Act 9:25; Co2 11:32, Co2 11:33 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 19:13”
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