16When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.


In Context

13 Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.

14 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, |He is sick.|

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

16 When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.

17 Saul said to Michal, |Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped?| Michal answered Saul, |He said to me, 'Let me go! Why should I kill you?'|

18 Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

1 Samuel 19:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:16But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats' hair.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers were come in, behold, [there was] an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ [hair] for his bolster.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers were come in, they found an image upon the bed, and a goat's skin at its head.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats hair at the head thereof.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16And the messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed, and the net of goats' hair at its head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers had come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goat's hair for his bolster.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim are on the bed, and the mattress of goats' hair, for his pillows.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.