1 Samuel 19:16

16 cumque venissent nuntii inventum est simulacrum super lectum et pellis caprarum ad caput eius

1 Samuel 19:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 19:16

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 ( 1 Samuel 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:

with a pillow of goats' [hair] for his bolster;
(See Gill on 1 Samuel 19:13).

1 Samuel 19:16 In-Context

14 misit autem Saul apparitores qui raperent David et responsum est quod aegrotaret

15 rursumque misit Saul nuntios ut viderent David dicens adferte eum ad me in lecto ut occidatur

16 cumque venissent nuntii inventum est simulacrum super lectum et pellis caprarum ad caput eius

17 dixitque Saul ad Michol quare sic inlusisti mihi et dimisisti inimicum meum ut fugeret et respondit Michol ad Saul quia ipse locutus est mihi dimitte me alioquin interficiam te

18 David autem fugiens salvatus est et venit ad Samuhel in Ramatha et nuntiavit ei omnia quae fecerat sibi Saul et abierunt ipse et Samuhel et morati sunt in Nahioth