Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
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Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
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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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And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying: 'Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.'
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to 1 Samuel 19:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 19:6 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, “As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.”
- Job 31:31 if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
- Psalms 37:12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
- Proverbs 27:3-4 A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
- Romans 3:15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Behold, how the tyrants to accomplish their rage, neither…
Behold, how the tyrants to accomplish their rage, neither regard oath nor friendship, God nor man.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 19:15 And Saul sent the messengers [again] to…
1Sa 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.
Ver. 15. Bring him up to me in the bed.] So greedily did this sanguinary seek, and so fain would he have sucked David’s blood: but the bird was flown, God having better provided; and David was now making or singing that Psa 59:1, "Deliver me from mine enemies, O God," &c., as appeareth by the title. {See Trapp on "Psa 59:1"}
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That I may slay him.] And then say of him as bloody Caracalla the emperor did of his brother Geta, whom he had slain and afterwards deified; Sit divus, modo non sit virus, Let him go to heaven, so that I may not be troubled with him upon earth.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Again to see David, or only, to see David,…
Again to see David, or only, to see David, which they did not before, but went away satisfied (as it was fit they should) with her report and testimony of his sickness.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Saul sent the messengers again to see David,....…
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David,.... Not to visit him, or to see how he was, or inquire of his health, in a kind manner, but to see his person, whether he was sick or not, and whether he was there or not; for Saul might suspect some deceit was used, because the messengers took the report of Michal, and saw not David, nor attempted to see him; but now they have strict orders to see him, and not take Michal's word as before, Sa1 19:14; wherefore the supplement again may be left out:
saying, bring him up to me in the bed; if so bad that he was not able to rise, or not fit to be taken out of his bed, his orders were, that he should be brought to him in it; resolved he was to have him, sick or well:
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that I may slay him: not content that he should die a natural death, or willing to wait for it, he is in haste, being full of wrath and malice, to slay him himself.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Bring him to me in the bed--a portable couch…
Bring him to me in the bed--a portable couch or mattress.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. Bring him up] This indicates that Saul’s residence…
15. Bring him up] This indicates that Saul’s residence was on the hill of Gibeah, David’s in the lower town.
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