1 Samuel 19:13
Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.
Note Or a household god; Hebrew teraphim; also in verse 16
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.
Note image: Heb. teraphim
Michal took the teraphim and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head and covered it with clothes.
Note teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- an image
- Heb. teraphim.
- Genesis 31:19; Judges 17:5; Judges 18:14, 17; Hosea 3:4