1 Samuel 19:13

What does 1 Samuel 19:13 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 19:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then Michal took the image and put it in the bed, with a cushion of goat's hair at its head, and she put clothing over it.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats' <FI>hair<Fi> she hath put <FI>for<Fi> his pillows, and covereth with a garment.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Michol took an image, and laid it on the bed, and put a goat's skin, with the hair at the head of it, and covered it with clothes.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Michal took the image, and laid it in the bed, and put the net of goats' [hair] at its head, and covered it with the coverlet.

Context

v.12So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

v.13This passage

v.14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 18:14

    Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

  • Hosea 3:4

    For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:

  • Judges 18:17

    And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

  • Genesis 31:19

    Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.

  • Judges 17:5

    And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

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