1 Samuel 19:14 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 19:14

When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

KJV

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

Gregory of Nyssa

ON THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PSALMS 2.16.272-73 (395)

Now Michal's name means "reign," because sin reigned over our nature up to that time. And at the very time he himself was born, he [the Lord in the figure of David] went out through a window. And the window indicates the return to the light again of the one who made himself known to those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death.And his image is seen on the bed. For the angel says to those seeking the Lord in the tomb, "Why do you seek the living with the dead? He is not here; he is risen."

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
שָׁא֛וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
מַלְאָכִ֖ים	mal.'a.Khim	messengers	H4397 →
לָקַ֣חַת	la.Ka.chat	to fetch	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דָּוִ֑ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַתֹּ֖אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
חֹלֶ֥ה	cho.Leh	[is] sick	H2470 →
הֽוּא׃ פ	Hu'	he	H1931 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 17:20
When 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…
leads to
- Exodus 1:19
  The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
- 1 Samuel 27:11–12
  David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the…
- 1 Samuel 21:2
  “The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a…
- 1 Samuel 19:12–17
  So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
- Joshua 2:22–23
  So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
Through
Joshua 2:5
At 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!”
leads to
- Revelation 21:25
  Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
- Jeremiah 50:20
  In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for…
- Isaiah 60:11
  Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.

Featured studies on this passage

Walks through 1 Samuel 19

David and Jonathan: 1 Samuel 18 & 20

Open the study →

About 1 Samuel

David Escapes through a Window — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

1 Samuel: the study guide →Read chapter 19 →The featured study →

Continue: 1 Samuel 19 →

01Commentary

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Samuel

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Samuel