And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at the head thereof.
And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.
And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim are on the bed, and the mattress of goats' hair , for his pillows.
And the messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed, and the net of goats' [hair] at its head.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy