1 Samuel 19:13

Then she took a home idol and laid it in the bed, put a goat hair wig on its head, and covered it with bedclothes.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12Michal lowered David down from a window, and he ran off, managing to escape.

14When Saul sent the messengers to arrest David, Michal told them, “He's sick.”

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Cross References

Genesis 31:19While Laban was away from home shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.

Judges 18:14Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told the other tribesmen, “Do you realize that here in these houses there's an ephod, household gods, and a carved idol, an image made with molten silver? So you know what you should do.”

Hosea 3:4For the people of Israel shall be without a king or a prince, without a sacrifice or a stone pillar or a pagan image or an idolatrous shrine for a long time.

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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