1 Samuel 19:11 Meaning and Explanation
“Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.”
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Read Full Chapter →Saul sends men to watch David's house and kill him at dawn, but his wife Michal warns him to flee.
What Does 1 Samuel 19:11 Mean?
The threat follows David home. Saul sends messengers to surround David's house, to watch through the night and kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife and Saul's own daughter, learns of it and warns her husband that unless he escapes tonight, he will die at dawn.
Once again deliverance comes through one who loves David, this time from within Saul's own family. Michal, like her brother Jonathan, chooses David over her father's murderous will. God surrounds His servant not with armed defenders but with loving hearts who act in time. The hunted man is hemmed in by enemies, yet the Lord opens a way of escape, providing rescue through the courage of those who care for him.
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What does 1 Samuel 19:11 mean?
Saul sends men to watch David's house and kill him at dawn, but his wife Michal warns him to flee.