Verse 14

1 Samuel 19:14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

14 And Saul sent officers to seize David: and it was answered that he was sick.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֥ח שָׁא֛וּל מַלְאָכִ֖ים לָ/קַ֣חַת אֶת דָּוִ֑ד וַ/תֹּ֖אמֶר חֹלֶ֥ה הֽוּא

English Translation

And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they said, "He is sick."

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Chapter 19 Context

1 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonatha... Focus ↗

2 And Jonathan told David, saying: Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: wherefore look to thyself, I b... Focus ↗

3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art: and I will speak of thee t... Focus ↗

4 And Jonathan spoke good things of David to Saul his father: and said to him: Sin not, O king, agains... Focus ↗

5 And he put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought great salvation for a... Focus ↗

6 And when Saul heard this he was appeased with the words of Jonathan, and swore: As the Lord liveth h... Focus ↗

7 Then Jonathan called David and told him all these words: and Jonathan brought in David to Saul, and... Focus ↗

8 And the war began again, and David went out and fought against the Philistines, and defeated them wi... Focus ↗

9 And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, and he sat in his house, and held a spear in his h... Focus ↗

10 And Saul endeavoured to nail David to the wall with his spear. And David slipt away out of the prese... Focus ↗

11 Saul therefore sent his guards to David's house to watch him, that he might be killed in the morning... Focus ↗

12 She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away and escaped. Focus ↗

13 And Michol took an image and laid it on the bed, and put a goat's skin with the hair at the head of... Focus ↗

14 And Saul sent officers to seize David: and it was answered that he was sick.

15 And again Saul sent to see David, saying: Bring him to me in the bed, that he may be slain. Focus ↗

16 And when the messengers were come in, they found an image upon the bed, and a goat's skin at its hea... Focus ↗

17 And Saul said to Michol: Why hast thou deceived me so, and let my enemy go and flee away? And Michol... Focus ↗

18 But David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel in Ramatha, and told him all that Saul had done to hi... Focus ↗

19 And it was told Saul by some, saying: Behold David is in Najoth in Ramatha. Focus ↗

20 So Saul sent officers to take David: and when they saw a company of prophets prophesying, and Samuel... Focus ↗

21 And when this was told Saul, he sent other messengers: but they also prophesied. And again Saul sent... Focus ↗

22 Went also himself to Ramatha, and came as far as the great cistern, which is in Socho, and he asked,... Focus ↗

23 And he went to Najoth in Ramatha, and the spirit of the Lord came upon him also, and he went on, and... Focus ↗

24 And he stripped himself also of his garments, and prophesied with the rest before Samuel, and lay do... Focus ↗

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