1 Kings 19:17
And Saul said to Michol: Why hast thou deceived me so, and let my enemy go and flee away? And Michol answered Saul: Because he said to me: Let me go, or else I will kill thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dixitque Saul ad Michol : Quare sic illusisti mihi, et dimisisti inimicum meum ut fugeret ? Et respondit Michol ad Saul : Quia ipse locutus est mihi : Dimitte me, alioquin interficiam te.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν Σαοὺλ τῇ Μελχόλ Ἵνα τί οὕτως παρελογίσω με, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλας τὸν ἐχθρόν μου καὶ διεσώθη; καὶ εἶπεν Μελχὸλ τῷ Σαούλ Αὐτὸς εἶπεν Ἐξαπόστειλόν με· εἰ δὲ μή, θανατώσω σε.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל מִיכַ֗ל לָ֤מָּה כָּ֨כָה֙ רִמִּיתִ֔נִי וַתְּשַׁלְּחִ֥י אֶת אֹיְבִ֖י וַיִּמָּלֵ֑ט וַתֹּ֤אמֶר מִיכַל֙ אֶל שָׁא֔וּל הוּא אָמַ֥ר אֵלַ֛י שַׁלְּחִ֖נִי לָמָ֥ה אֲמִיתֵֽךְ
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom Treatise Concerning the Christian Priesthood, Book I
What is the wrong that I have done thee, since I have determined to embark from this point upon the sea of apology? Is it that I misled you and concealed my purpose? Yet I did it for the benefit of thyself who wast deceived, and of those to whom I surrendered you by means of this deceit. For if the evil of deception is absolute, and it is never right to make use of it, I am prepared to pay any penalty you please: or rather, as you will never endure to inflict punishment upon me, I shall subject myself to the same condemnation which is pronounced by judges on evil-doers when their accusers have convicted them. …