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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
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Jerome's Latin Vulgate

3 Regum 19:16

Cumque venissent nuntii, inventum est simulacrum super lectum, et pellis caprarum ad caput ejus.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Falsehood;   Jealousy;   Michal;   Pillow;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Teraphim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Michal;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bed;   Bolster;   Cattle;   David;   Michal;   Teraphim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bolster;   Michal;   Pillow;   Quilt;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ancestor-Worship;   Bolster;   God;   Michal;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Ten Commandments;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Michal ;   Teraphim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Teraphim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mi'chal;   Teraphim;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Writing;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bolster;   Goats' Hair;   God;   Images;   Michal;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism;   Teraphim;  

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Cumque venissent nuntii, inventum est simulacrum super lectum, et pellis caprarum ad caput ejus.
Nova Vulgata (1979)
Cumque venissent nuntii, inventus est theraphim super lectum, et pellis caprarum ad caput eius.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And when: It is highly probable that David, when supposed to be sick, was thought to be hid in the harem or chamber of Michal. "The harems," says Deut. Lam. Motraye, "are sanctuaries, as sacred and inviolable, for persons pursed by justice for any crime, debt, etc., as the Roman Catholic churches in Italy, Spain, Portugal, etc." Thus we find, that to effect his purpose, Saul sent messengers to Michal, but they treated her harem with too much respect to enter it at first; but being authorised by Saul, they entered even into her chamber; and during the delay occasioned by respect for the privacy of Michal, David escaped. 1 Samuel 19:16

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:24 - into an inner chamber Psalms 59:8 - Thou

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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;

1 Samuel 19:13- :.


 
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