1 Samuel 19:16

And when the messengers had arrived, they found a likeness on the bed, with a goat pelt at its head.

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In The King James Version

And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.

In Context

15And again, Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him to me on the bed, so that he may be killed.”

17And Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me in this way, and released my enemy, so that he may flee?” And Michal responded to Saul, “Because he said to me, ‘Release me, otherwise I will kill you.’”

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Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 19:12-18

11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. 12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers… Read the whole commentary →

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