1 Samuel 19:17 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 19:17

And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”

BSB

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ASV

And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, so that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

3 voices

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."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

What a base spirit was Saul of, to expect that, because Michal was his daughter, she must therefore betray her own husband to him unjustly. Ought she not to forsake and forget her father and her father's house, to cleave to her husband? Those that themselves will be held by no bonds of reason or religion are ready to think that others should as easily break those bonds.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Why should I kill thee? - To avert Saul’s anger from herself, she pretended that David had threatened her life unless she facilitated his escape.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שָׁא֜וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מִיכַ֗ל	mi.Khal	Michal	H4324 →
לָ֤מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
כָּ֙כָה֙	ka.khah	thus	H3602 →
רִמִּיתִ֔נִי	ri.mi.Ti.ni	have you deceived me	H7411 →
וַתְּשַׁלְּחִ֥י	va.te.sha.le.Chi	and you have let go	H7971 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֹיְבִ֖י	'o.ye.Vi	enemy my	H341 →
וַיִּמָּלֵ֑ט	vai.yi.ma.Let	and he has escaped	H4422 →
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
מִיכַל֙	mi.Khal	Michal	H4324 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
שָׁא֔וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
הוּא־	hu'-	he	H1931 →
אָמַ֥ר	'a.Mar	he said	H559 →
אֵלַ֛י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
שַׁלְּחִ֖נִי	sha.le.Chi.ni	let go me	H7971 →
לָמָ֥ה	la.Mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
אֲמִיתֵֽךְ׃	'a.mi.Tekh	will I kill you	H4191 →

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

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  Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Proverbs 28:15
  Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
- Revelation 17:6
  I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
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1 Kings 21:20
When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of…
leads to
- Romans 7:14
  We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
- 2 Kings 17:17
  They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- 1 Kings 21:25
  (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
- 1 Kings 18:17
  When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
Through
2 Samuel 2:22
Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 3:27
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Where the connections lead

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About 1 Samuel