“Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 19 contains 24 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.