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1 Samuel 19:13
13Then she took an idol and put it in his bed, covered it with blankets, and put a cushion of goat’s hair at its head.
1 Samuel 19:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats’ hair at the head.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Michal took an image and laid it on the bed and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head and covered it with the clothes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Michal took an image and laid it in the bed, put a cover of goats’ hair for his head, and covered it with clothes.
Context of 1 Samuel 19:13
11Then Saul sent troops to watch David’s house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead by morning.” 12So she helped him climb out through a window, and he fled and escaped. Then she took an idol and put it in his bed, covered it with blankets, and put a cushion of goat’s hair at its head. 14When the troops came to arrest David, she told them he was sick and couldn’t get out of bed. 15But Saul sent the troops back to get David. He ordered, “Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him!”
Read all of 1 Samuel 191 Samuel 19:13 word by word
וַתִּקַּ֨ח מִיכַ֜ל אֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֗ים וַתָּ֙שֶׂם֙ אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֔ה וְאֵת֙ כְּבִ֣יר הָֽעִזִּ֔ים שָׂ֖מָה מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו וַתְּכַ֖ס בַּבָּֽגֶד׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Michalמִיכַלmîykâl · MichalH4324
- tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- an imageתְּרָפִיםterâphîym · teraphimH8655
- and laidשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
- in the bedמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296
- a pillowכָּבִירkebîyr · quiltH3523
- of goats’עֵז‛êz · goatH5795
- for his bolsterמְרַאֲשָׁוֹתmera'ăshâh · headH4763
- and coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
- with a clothבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 19:13
- Genesis 31:19At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father’s household idols and took them with her.
- Judges 17:5Micah set up a shrine for the idol, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as his personal priest.
- Judges 18:14The five men who had scouted out the land around Laish explained to the others, “These buildings contain a sacred ephod, as well as some household idols, a carved image, and a cast idol. What do you think you should do?”
- Hosea 3:4This shows that Israel will go a long time without a king or prince, and without sacrifices, sacred pillars, priests, or even idols!
- 1 Samuel 13:9So he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!” And Saul sacrificed the burnt offering himself.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 19:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Michal took an image - התרפים את eth hatteraphim, the teraphim. The Hebrew word appears to mean any kind of image, in any kind of form, as a representative of some reality. Here it must have been something in the human form; because it was intended to represent a man lying in bed indisposed. A pillow of goats' hair - Perhaps she formed the appearance of a sick man's head muffled up by this pillow or bag of goats' hair. So I think the original might be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13An image - “Teraphim” (see the margin), an image, or bust in human form, and as large as life, of a kind of household god, to the worship of which the Israelites, and especially women, were much addicted. A pillow - It was probably a quilt or blanket of goats‘ hair and of common use as a bed-covering. Whether Michal drew it over the head of the teraphim, as if for warmth, and so covered it, or whether she disposed it about the head so as to look like…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-24Verses 11-24 Michal's stratagem to gain time till David got to a distance was allowable, but her falsehood had not even the plea of necessity to excuse it, and manifests that she was not influenced by the same spirit of piety which had dictated Jonathan's language to Saul. In flying to Samuel, David made God his refuge. Samuel, as a prophet, was best able to advise him what to do in this day of distress. He met with little rest or satisfaction in Saul's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13A household idol: The Hebrew word teraphim refers to household idols (small images used in homes, often for worship or protection). These idols appear in several Old Testament passages, such as Genesis 31:30; Judges 17:5; and 2 Kings 23:24. Having an idol in David and Michal's home might show how common pagan idol worship was among the Israelites. The idol might have belonged to Michal. David did not seem to object to Michal having it. (Compare to Rachel…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1413-14. And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed--"an image," literally, "the teraphim," and laid, not in the bed, but literally on the "divan"; and "the pillows," that is, the cushion, which usually lay at the back of the divan and was stuffed with "goat's hair," she took from its bolster or heading at the upper part of the divan. This she placed lower down, and covered with a mantle, as if to foster a proper warmth in a patient; at the same time…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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