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John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 19:12

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

Ver. 12. So Michal let down David through a window.] She bestirred her every way; love is laborious. Antiochus the Great gave Cleopatra his daughter to Ptolomy Epiphanes, king of Egypt, thinking to use her as an instrument to destroy him; but she, contrary to his expectation, clave to her husband, according as Daniel had before prophesied of her, "She shall not stand on his side." Dan 11:17

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See also 1 Samuel 19:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 19:12. _LET DAVID DOWN THROUGH A WINDOW_] As Saul's messengers were sent to David's house to _watch him_, they would naturally guard the gate, or lie in wait in that place by which Dav...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. SAUL'S RENEWED ATTEMPT AND DAVID'S ESCAPE CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Saul and Jonathan (1 Samuel 19:1)_ 2. Saul's new attempt to kill David (1 Samuel 19:8) 3. David's escape (1 Samuel 19:11)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 SAMUEL 19:1 (E). Saul bids Jonathan and his followers slay David, but Jonathan brings about a reconciliation. 1 SAMUEL 19:8 (E). It is uncertain whether 1 Samuel 19:11 is the sequel of...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    David's escape by the aid of Michal 12. _through a window_ Compare the escape of the spies from Jericho (Joshua 2:15), and St Paul from Damascus (2 Corinthians 11:33). If David's house, like Rahab's,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _David Driven Out a Second Time._ 1 Samuel 19:8-17 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. 9 And...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SO MICHAL LET DAVID DOWN THROUGH A WINDOW: AND HE WENT, AND FLED, AND ESCAPED._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SAUL'S HATRED OF DAVID. DAVID ESCAPES TO SAMUEL 2. Until the morning] RV 'in the morning.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 19 SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID V1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. Jonathan liked David very much. V2 So he warned...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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 an...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תֹּ֧רֶד מִיכַ֛ל אֶת ־דָּוִ֖ד בְּעַ֣ד הַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXVI. _ SAUL'S FURTHER EFFORTS AGAINST DAVID._ 1 Samuel 19:1. ANEW Stage of his wicked passion is now reached by Saul; he communes with his servants, and even with his son, with a view to th...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    NOBLE INTERCESSION; IMPLACABLE HATE 1 Samuel 19:1 Not content with exchanging his dress and weapons with his friend, Jonathan pleaded David's cause at court. He had the royal ear and spoke as David's...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Saul's enmity toward David grew, while the friendship between Jonathan and David increased. Saul did all in his power to set both Jonathan and the people against David. He even went so far as to charg...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So Michal (e) let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. (e) Thus God moved both the son and daughter of this tyrant to favour David against their father....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO MICHAL LET DAVID DOWN THROUGH A WINDOW,.... In like manner as Rahab let down the spies from her house in Jericho, when the king's messengers were in quest of them, Joshua 2:15; and as the disciples...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He fled and escaped_ It seems likely that a considerable part of the eighteenth Psalm, namely, from the 1st to the 29th verse, refers to this escape of David. The 29th verse seems entirely descriptiv...

  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So Michal let David down through a window. And he went, and fled, and escaped, for Saul's watchmen were guarding only the door....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Michal Saves David's Life....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    When Saul told Jonathan and all his servants to put David to death, no sensible servant would have approved of this. Jonathan however, positively loved David and warned him of Saul's intentions. Still...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-24 Michal's stratagem to gain time till David got to a distance was allowable, but her falsehood had not even the plea of necessity to excuse it, and manifests that she was not influenced by the s...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MICHAL LET DAVID DOWN THROUGH A WINDOW; because they lay in wait for him at the doors of the house, whensoever he should come forth there....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 19:12 Michal H4324 let H3381 David H1732 down H3381 (H8686) window H2474 went H3212 (H8799) fled...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SAUL SEEKS TO HAVE DAVID ARRESTED WITH A VIEW TO EXECUTION (1 SAMUEL 19:11). This incident may well have occurred some time after the previous one. Saul has now determined that David must be got rid o...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Samuel 19:11 In this passage there is a minute account of an appalling danger to which David was exposed. I. God's servants are frequently exposed to alarming dangers. (1) This danger came at an u...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Saul's murderous hate pursues David. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, David, Saul, Jonathan, Michal, Samuel. CONCLUSION: God always raises up a friend for us in time of need. Envy allowed its...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 19:11. _Saul sent messengers to slay him._ The Vulgate, _lictors,_ executioners. They could not approach the bed of a princess till the morning. 1 Samuel 19:13. _Michal took an image,_ a stat...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _So Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled, and escaped._ DAVID A FUGITIVE In this passage there is a minute account of an appalling danger to which David was exposed. I. God...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 19:1 Saul moves from trying to use the Philistines to kill David to actually ordering him killed. Jonathan brings about a reconciliation between Saul and David, but David fin...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 19:9. “THE EVIL SPIRIT FROM THE LORD (JEHOVAH).” “While this evil spirit is in 1 Samuel 16:15 and 1 Samuel 18:10 referred to _Elohim_, the Deity in general Jeho...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SUCCESSIVE ATTEMPTS UPON DAVID'S LIFE FRUSTRATED BY THE LOVE OF JONATHAN AND MICHAL, AND FINALLY BY FLIGHT (1 Samuel 19:1

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 11:33; Acts 9:24; Acts 9:25;...

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