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1 Samuel 19:12

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

KJV

deposuit eum per fenestram. Porro ille abiit et aufugit, atque salvatus est.

Vulgate

καὶ κατάγει ἡ Μελχὸλ τὸν Δαυεὶδ διὰ τῆς θυρίδος, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν καὶ ἔφυγεν καὶ σώζεται.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/תֹּ֧רֶד מִיכַ֛ל אֶת דָּוִ֖ד בְּעַ֣ד הַ/חַלּ֑וֹן וַ/יֵּ֥לֶךְ וַ/יִּבְרַ֖ח וַ/יִּמָּלֵֽט

Hebrew

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In this verse

People MichalDavid

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
ה
h
verb · 95×
חַלּ֑וֹן
chlvn
noun · 32×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יִּבְרַ֖ח
ybrch
verb · 65×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
מִיכַ֥ל
mykl
proper_noun · 18×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 23:26 — And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roun
  • 2Cor 11:32 — In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
  • Acts 9:24 — But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
  • Josh 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.
  • Ps 34:19 — Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.