1 Samuel 19:16
14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.
- KJV
- And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
- WEB
- When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
- ASV
- And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats` [hair] at the head thereof.
- DARBY
- And the messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed, and the net of goats' [hair] at its head.
- BLB
- And the messengers had come in, and there was the teraphim in the bed, and a cover of goats’ [hair] for his head.
- ÅB
- Men da budene kom inn, fikk de se at det var husguden som lå i sengen med geitehårsteppet ved hodet.
- OTB
- Da budene kom inn, se, husguden var i sengen med teppet av geitehår ved hodet.
- B1930
- Men da budene kom inn, fikk de se at det var husguden som lå i sengen med gjetehårsteppet ved hodet.