Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
WEB
So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
YLT
And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth;
DBT
And Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled and escaped.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy