So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped.
- KJV So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
- NKJV So Michal let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped.
- NASB So Michal let David down through a window, and he went and fled, and escaped.
- NLT So she helped him climb out through a window, and he fled and escaped.
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Quick answer
Michal lets David down through a window, and he flees and escapes.
Overview
Michal's quick action delivers David from Saul's assassins, echoing other Scripture rescues through a window. Once more an instrument in God's hand preserves the Lord's anointed. David's escape continues the long season of suffering through which God shapes him, foreshadowing the righteous sufferer who trusts God for deliverance.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Josh 2:15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
- 2 Cor 11:32–33In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
- Acts 9:24–25but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
- Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
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