1 Samuel 19:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ And the messengers came in and saw the household idol in the bed, with a cover of goats’ hair for his head.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ When the messengers arrived, they found the idol in the bed with the goat’s hair on its head.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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

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

1 Samuel 19:16 Cross References

1 Samuel 19:13

And Miḵal took the household idol and laid it in the bed, and put a cover of goats’ hair for his head, and covered it with a garment.

1 Samuel 19:15

And Sha’ul sent the messengers back to see Dawiḏ, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed to put him to death.”

1 Samuel 19:17

Sha’ul then said to Miḵal, “Why have you deceived me like this, and sent my enemy away, so that he escaped?” And Miḵal answered Sha’ul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go, why should I put you to death?’ ”