1 Samuel 19:15

Overview - 1 Samuel 19
Jonathan discloses his father's purpose to kill David.
He persuades his father to reconciliation.
By reason of David's good success in a new war, Saul's malicious rage breaks out against him.
12 Michal deceives her father with an image in David's bed.
18 David comes to Samuel in Naioth.
20 Saul's messengers sent to take David,
22 and Saul himself, prophesy.
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1 Samuel 19:15  (King James Version)
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
 


Bring him
The eastern beds consist merely of two thick cotton quilts, one of which, folded double, serves as a mattress, the other as a covering. Such seems to have been the bed of David, which could easily have been carried, with himself in it, to the presence of Saul.
6 ; Job 31:31 ; Psalms 37:12 ; Proverbs 27:3 Proverbs 27:4 ; Romans 3:15