1 Samuel 19:16
“And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goates haire for his bolster.”
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1 Samuel 19:16 Context
14And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she said, He is sicke. 15And Saul sent the messengers againe to see Dauid, saying, Bring him vp to me in the bedde, that I may slay him. 16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goates haire for his bolster. 17And Saul said vnto Michal, Why hast thou deceiued me so, and sent away mine enemie, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, Hee said vnto me, Let mee goe; Why should I kill thee? 18¶ So Dauid fledde, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him: and hee and Samuel went, and dwelt in Naioth.
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And when the messengers were come in, behold, [there was] an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' [hair] for his bolster.
- King James Version
When the messengers entered, behold, the household idol {was} on the bed with the quilt of goats' {hair} at its head.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' `hair' at the head thereof.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And when the men came in, there was the image in the bed, with the cushion of goat's hair at its head
- Basic English Bible
And the messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed, and the net of goats' [hair] at its head.
- Darby Bible
And when the messengers had come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goat's hair for his bolster.
- Webster's Bible
When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.
- World English Bible
And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats' [hair], [for] his pillows.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the quilt of goats' hair at the head thereof.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible