KJV King James Version
And Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
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1 Samuel 19:15
And Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Saul sendeth the messengers to see David, saying, ‘Bring him up in the bed unto me,’—to put him to death.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 19
12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
13 And 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.
14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He [is] sick.
15 And Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, [there was] an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ [hair] for his bolster.
17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departשָׁאוּל֙H7586 · sha.ulSaulאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמַּלְאָכִ֔יםH4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerלִרְא֥וֹתH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דָּוִ֖דH1732 · da.vidDavidלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayהַעֲל֨וּH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֹת֧וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בַמִּטָּ֛הH4296 · mit.tahbedאֵלַ֖יH413 · elto(wards)לַהֲמִתֽוֹ׃H4191 · mutto die
Cross-references
Job 31:31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.Psalm 37:12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.1 Samuel 19:6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, [As] the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.Romans 3:15Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:Proverbs 27:3-4A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is] heavier than them both.
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