1 Samuel 19:16
Strong's Lexicon
And when the messengers
הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים (ham·mal·’ā·ḵîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4397: 1) messenger, representative 1a) messenger 1b) angel 1c) the theophanic angel

entered,
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

there was
וְהִנֵּ֥ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: 1) behold, lo, see, if

the idol
הַתְּרָפִ֖ים (hat·tə·rā·p̄îm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8655: 1) idolatry, idols, image(s), teraphim, family idol 1a) a kind of idol used in household shrine or worship

in
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

the bed
הַמִּטָּ֑ה (ham·miṭ·ṭāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4296: 1) couch, bed, bier

with the quilt
וּכְבִ֥יר (ū·ḵə·ḇîr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3523: 1) (something) netted, a quilt, fly net, pillow

of goats' [hair]
הָעִזִּ֖ים (hā·‘iz·zîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5795: 1) female goat, she-goat, goat, kid

on its head.
מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃ (mə·ra·’ă·šō·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4763: n f 1) place at the head, dominion, head place adv 2) at head place

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.

Young's Literal Translation
And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats’ [ hair], [for] his pillows.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the messengers arrived, to their surprise, the household idol was on the bed with some goat hair on its head.

New American Standard Bible
When the messengers entered, behold, the household idol [was] on the bed with the quilt of goats' [hair] at its head.

King James Bible
And when the messengers were come in, behold, [there was] an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' [hair] for his bolster.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats' hair.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
And when the messengers came in, behold, the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.

New American Standard Bible
When the messengers entered, behold, the household idol was on the bed with the quilt of goats' hair at its head.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the messengers arrived, to their surprise, the household idol was on the bed with some goat hair on its head.

International Standard Version
The messengers went in, and there was the household idol in the bed with the cover of goat hair at its head!

NET Bible
When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat's hair at its head.

American Standard Version
And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats hair at the head thereof.

English Revised Version
And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof.

Young's Literal Translation
And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim are on the bed, and the mattress of goats' hair, for his pillows.
















Cross References
1 Samuel 19:13
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

1 Samuel 19:15
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

1 Samuel 19:17
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?

1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1 Samuel 19:14
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

1 Samuel 19:18
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.

1 Samuel 19:19
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
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