1Sa 19:11-17, 23:26-27, 2Sa 15:10-13, Psa 18:18-19, 118:10-13 | ESV | STEP | Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning . But Michal , David’s wife , told him, If you do not escape with your life tonight , tomorrow you will be killed .

aSee Ps. 59

b[Josh. 2:15; Acts 9:24, 25]; 2 Cor. 11:33

cSee Gen. 31:19

e[See ver. 13 above]

f[2 Sam. 2:22]

g[1 Sam. 9:13; 16:3, 5]

i ver. 31; ch. 16:20; 17:1, 14, 23

j 1 Chr. 27:33; [Ps. 41:9; 55:12-14]

k Josh. 15:51

l Ps. 3:1

m Judg. 9:3

n Ps. 31:8; 118:5; [ver. 36]

o Ps. 22:8; 2 Sam. 15:26

1 Samuel 19:11-17

11 ^aSaul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.” 12 ^bSo Michal let David down through the window, and he fled away and escaped. 13 Michal took ^can image ^{▼▼Or a household god} and laid it on the bed and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head and covered it with the clothes. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.” 15 Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.” 16 And when the messengers came in, behold, ^ethe image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head. 17 Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. ^fWhy should I kill you?’”

1 Samuel 23:26-27

26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David was hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them, 27 a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.”

2 Samuel 15:10-13

10 But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’” 11 With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem ^gwho were invited guests, and they went in their innocence and knew nothing. 12 And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for ^{▼▼Or sent} ⁱAhithophel the Gilonite, ^jDavid’s counselor, from his city ^kGiloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom ^lkept increasing.

David Flees Jerusalem

13 And a messenger came to David, saying, ^m“The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.”

Psalms 18:18-19

18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into ⁿa broad place;
he rescued me, because he ^odelighted in me.

Psalms 118:10-13

10 ^pAll nations surrounded me;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
11 They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
12 ^qThey surrounded me like bees;
they went out like ^ra fire among thorns;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
13 I was ^spushed hard, ^{▼▼Hebrew You (that is, the enemy) pushed me hard} so that I was falling,
but the Lord helped me.