When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
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When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
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And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
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And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the quilt of goats' hair at the head thereof.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 19:16 And when the messengers were come in,…
1Sa 19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, [there was] an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ [hair] for his bolster.
Ver. 16. Behold, there was an image.] See 1Sa 19:13. So have persecutors been frequently frustrated, as those that sought after Jeremiah and Baruch, Athanasius, Luther, and others whom the Lord hid till the storm was over.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when the messengers were come in,.... To David's…
And when the messengers were come in,.... To David's house, and into the room where he was supposed to lie:
behold, there was an image in the bed to their great surprise; they expected to see David, but instead of him the teraphim, as in Sa1 19:13; if they had been in the room before, and thought they had seen David in the bed, they might be the more surprised to find that it was only an image they saw:
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with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster; See Gill on Sa1 19:13.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. There was an image, &c.] The teraphim was…
16. There was an image, &c.] The teraphim was in the bed, and the quilt of goat’s hair at its head.
17 He said unto me, &c.] Michal adds another lie to screen herself from Saul’s anger. In this she was but following her father’s example (1Sa_19:6), and with more excuse. Compare the deceit practised by Rahab (Jos_2:4 ff.); by the woman at Bahurim (2Sa_17:20); and in modern times, by Grotius’ wife, who to save her husband represented the box in which he was concealed as a box of theological books. Scripture affirms the universal duty of Truth without any exception (Lev_19:11), nor can it he understood to sanction breaches of this general law by recording them without disapproval. It is left to the casuist to discuss whether any necessity is sufficient to justify a falsehood or an act of deception. See Whewell’s Elements of Morality, Chaps. 15, 16.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 pillow of goats' hair
pillow of goats' hair
See how you translated this in 1 Samuel 19:13.
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behold
The word "behold" here shows that the messengers were surprised by what they saw.
Why have you deceived me and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?
Possible meanings are 1) Saul really wants to know why Michal did what she did or 2) Saul uses this question to rebuke Michal. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "You should not have deceived me and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped." (See: Rhetorical Question)
Let me go. Why should I kill you?
Although David did not actually say this, Michal tells Saul that David threatened her with this question. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "I will kill you if you do not help me to escape." (See: Rhetorical Question)
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