Michal took an image and laid it on the bed and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.
1 Samuel 19:16 - Revised Standard Version CI And when the messengers came in, behold, the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the messengers came in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair at its head. American Standard Version (1901) And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at the head thereof. Common English Bible When the messengers arrived, they found the idol in the bed with the goat’s hair on its head. Catholic Public Domain Version And when the messengers had arrived, they found a likeness on the bed, with a goat pelt at its head. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the messengers were come in they found an image upon the bed, and a goat's skin at its head. |
Michal took an image and laid it on the bed and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.
Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go; why should I kill you?’ ”