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1 Samuel 19:14
1 Samuel 19:14 is verse 14 of 1 Samuel chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
King James Version
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
World English Bible
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
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1 Samuel 19:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
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 quilt of goats’ hair on its head.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Joshua 2:5At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
2 Samuel 16:17“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
2 Samuel 16:18“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
2 Samuel 16:19Furthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
2 Samuel 17:20When 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.