1 Samuel 19:13 meaning and explanation

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.

1 Samuel 19:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Michal, Saul's daughter and David's wife, is stalling her father's messengers after lowering David out a window. To buy time, she takes a household idol, a small cult figure kept in the home, and arranges it in David's bed with goat hair at the head and a covering over it, so the shape looks like a sleeping man.

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