1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!”

Judges 16:2

When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded the place and waited in ambush for him all that night at the city gate. While they were waiting quietly, they said, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

Psalm 59:1-17

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When Saul sent agents to watch the house and kill him.Deliver me from my enemies, my God;
protect me from those who rise up against me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

To watch him

Bible References

To watch him

Judges 16:2
When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded the place and waited in ambush for him all that night at the city gate. While they were waiting quietly, they said, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

General references

Psalm 59:6
They return at evening, snarling like dogs
and prowling around the city.
Proverbs 16:29
A violent man lures his neighbor,
leading him in a way that is not good.
Jeremiah 34:11
Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had freed and forced them to become slaves again.

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