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1 Samuel 19:17

World English Bible

Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?”
Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’ ”

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1 Samuel 19:17 in other translations

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?

1 Samuel 19:17 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 19:17 in context

  1. 15Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
  2. 16When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
  3. 17Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?”
    Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’ ”
  4. 18Now David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.
  5. 19Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”