1 Samuel 19:13

And Michal took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

12So Michal lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.

14And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:19And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father’s images.

Judges 18:14And the five men who went to spy out the land of Laish answered, and said to their brethren, Ye know that there is in this place an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven and a molten image; and now consider what ye shall do.

Hosea 3:4For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an altar, and without a priesthood, and without manifestations.

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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