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1 Samuel 19:14-16
Revised Standard Version
1 Samuel 19:14-16
Revised Standard Version
14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.” 15 Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.” 16 And when the messengers came in, behold, the image[a] was in the bed, with the pillow[b] of goats’ hair at its head.
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- 1 Samuel 19:16 Heb teraphim
- 1 Samuel 19:16 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
1 Samuel 19:14-16
New International Version
1 Samuel 19:14-16
New International Version
14 When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said,(A) “He is ill.”
15 Then 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.” 16 But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats’ hair.
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