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1 Samuel 19:13

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Samuel 19:13

Verse 13 of 24

Scripture focus

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.

1 Samuel 19:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 19:13

Theological / Devotional

An image. Heb. teraphim (see on Gen. 31:19; Lev. 19:31). An image of sufficient size to be mistaken for a man is most unusual.

A pillow. The word here translated “pillow” does not appear elsewhere in the OT, and its meaning is uncertain. The fact that the “pillows” of ancient times were usually solid, and made of wood, clay, stone, or metal (see on Gen. 28:11), suggests that the object here referred to was something other than a “pillow.” It may have been a sort of wig made of black goat’s hair attached to the head of the image, in imitation of human hair.

For his bolster. Or, “at its head” (RSV).

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