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So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
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The Point of No Return
Commentators note that this escape through the window was a desperate, last-resort measure. With Saul's guards at the door, Michal's quick thinking saved David's life. Scholars like Charles Ellicott mark this event as the beginning of David's long and weary years as a fugitive, a significant turning point in his journey toward the throne.
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19th Century
Anglican
So Michal let David down. — The princess, his wife, knew her father’s character well, and conscious now that the veil of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So Michal let David down through a window In like manner as Rahab let down the spies from her house in Jericho, when…
Presbyterian
Michal's stratagem to gain time until David got to a distance was allowable, but her falsehood did not even have the plea of necessity to excuse it…
