1 Samuel 19:16

1 Samuel 19:16 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the messengers came in, behold, the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when the messengers had come in, there was the image in the bed, with a cover of goats’ hair for his head.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But when they came to carry David out, they discovered that it was only an idol in the bed with a cushion of goat’s hair at its head.

Context of 1 Samuel 19:16

14When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, “He is ill.” 15Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him.” But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats’ hair. 17Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?” Michal told him, “He said to me, ‘Let me get away. Why should I kill you?’ ” 18When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

1 Samuel 19:16 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַתְּרָפִ֖ים אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֑ה וּכְבִ֥יר הָעִזִּ֖ים מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when the messengersמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
• were come inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• an imageתְּרָפִיםterâphîym · teraphimH8655
• in the bedמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296
• with a pillowכָּבִירkebîyr · quiltH3523
• of goats’עֵז‛êz · goatH5795
• for his bolsterמְרַאֲשָׁוֹתmera'ăshâh · headH4763

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 19:16

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-24Verses 11-24 Michal's stratagem to gain time till David got to a distance was allowable, but her falsehood had not even the plea of necessity to excuse it, and manifests that she was not influenced by the same spirit of piety which had dictated Jonathan's language to Saul. In flying to Samuel, David made God his refuge. Samuel, as a prophet, was best able to advise him what to do in this day of distress. He met with little rest or satisfaction in Saul's…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 19:16

• David
• Falsehood
• Jealousy
• Michal
• Pillow

In the dictionaries

• Goats' Hair
• Bed
• Bolster
• Cattle
• David
• Michal
• Secret
• Teraphim
• Watch
• God

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings