“When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 19 contains 24 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.