What does 1 Samuel 19:13 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And Michal took an image,b and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth."
Verse 1 Samuel 19:13. _MICHAL TOOK AN IMAGE_] את התרפים _eth hatteraphim, the_ _teraphim_. The Hebrew word appears to mean any kind of _image_, in any kind of _form_, as a representative of some _real...
AN 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 addic...
4. SAUL'S RENEWED ATTEMPT AND DAVID'S ESCAPE CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Saul and Jonathan (1 Samuel 19:1)_ 2. Saul's new attempt to kill David (1 Samuel 19:8) 3. David's escape (1 Samuel 19:11) 4. Saul's pu...
1 SAMUEL 19:1 (E). Saul bids Jonathan and his followers slay David, but Jonathan brings about a reconciliation. 1 SAMUEL 19:8 (E). It is uncertain whether 1 Samuel 19:11 is the sequel of 1 Samuel 19...
IMAGE. teraphim....
David's escape by the aid of Michal 12. _through a window_ Compare the escape of the spies from Jericho (Joshua 2:15), and St Paul from Damascus (2 Corinthians 11:33). If David's house, like Rahab's,...
MICHAL TOOK AN IMAGE— In the Hebrew it is תרפים _teraphim;_ which teraphim, it plainly follows from hence, must have been figures of the human form; for the design of Michal was manifestly to deceive...
_David Driven Out a Second Time._ 1 Samuel 19:8-17 8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. 9 And...
_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._ Michael took an image, х_ HATªRAAPIYM_ (H8655), the teraphim (see the...
19:13 image, (b-5) Heb. 'teraphim.' net (c-15) A protection from gnats....
SAUL'S HATRED OF DAVID. DAVID ESCAPES TO SAMUEL 2. Until the morning] RV 'in the morning.'...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 19 SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID V1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. Jonathan liked David very much. V2 So he warned...
AN IMAGE. — An image in the Hebrew is _teraphim — _a plural form, but used as a singular. We have no instance of the singular. The Latin equivalent, “penates,” singularly enough, is also only found in...
וַ תִּקַּ֨ח מִיכַ֜ל אֶת ־הַ תְּרָפִ֗ים וַ תָּ֨שֶׂם֙ אֶל ־הַ מִּטָּ֔ה וְ אֵת֙ כְּבִ֣יר...
CHAPTER XXVI. _ SAUL'S FURTHER EFFORTS AGAINST DAVID._ 1 Samuel 19:1. ANEW Stage of his wicked passion is now reached by Saul; he communes with his servants, and even with his son, with a view to th...
SAUL CHECKED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD 1 Samuel 19:13 David hastened to apprise Samuel of the turn that events were taking, and of his grave suspicions that Saul was attempting on his life. For greater s...
Saul's enmity toward David grew, while the friendship between Jonathan and David increased. Saul did all in his power to set both Jonathan and the people against David. He even went so far as to charg...
Image. Hebrew Teraphim. Aquila, "figures." Symmachus, "idols." Some believe that David had idols in his house, as ornaments, or to treat them with ignominy. (Mercer.) --- But others cannot persuade th...
Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. But when Christ makes Himself known, the remnant (which Jonathan represented) loves Him as his own soul, and this beloved one becomes the object o...
AND MICHAL TOOK AN IMAGE,.... Or "teraphim", as the word is; which, if the same with those that Rachel stole from her father, they seem to be of the same sort with the penates or household gods of the...
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. Ver. 13. _And Michal took an image._] Either a statue, David's ow...
_Michal took an image_ In the Hebrew it is _teraphim;_ which teraphim, as Dr. Dodd observes, it plainly appears from hence, must have been figures of the human form; for the design of Michal was manif...
1 Ionathan discloseth his fathers purpose to kill Dauid. 4 Hee perswadeth his father to reconciliation. 8 By reason of Dauids good successe in a new warre, Sauls malicious rage breaketh out against...
Michal Saves David's Life....
When Saul told Jonathan and all his servants to put David to death, no sensible servant would have approved of this. Jonathan however, positively loved David and warned him of Saul's intentions. Still...
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 s...
AN IMAGE, Heb. _teraphim_, which was an image made in human shape; which she might keep secretly, either out of a superstitious regard to it, or out of mere curiosity. This stratagem she used, because...
1 Samuel 19:13 Michal H4324 took H3947 (H8799) image H8655 laid H7760 (H8799) bed H4296 put H7760 (H8804) cover H3523 goats H5795 head H4763 covered H3680 (H8762) clothes H899 an image - Heb. teraphi...
SAUL SEEKS TO HAVE DAVID ARRESTED WITH A VIEW TO EXECUTION (1 SAMUEL 19:11). This incident may well have occurred some time after the previous one. Saul has now determined that David must be got rid...
CONTENTS: Saul's murderous hate pursues David. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, David, Saul, Jonathan, Michal, Samuel. CONCLUSION: God always raises up a friend for us in time of need. Envy allowed its...
1 Samuel 19:11. _Saul sent messengers to slay him._ The Vulgate, _lictors,_ executioners. They could not approach the bed of a princess till the morning. 1 Samuel 19:13. _Michal took an image,_ a sta...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 19:1 Saul moves from trying to use the Philistines to kill David to actually ordering him killed. Jonathan brings about a reconciliation between Saul and David, but David fin...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 19:9. “THE EVIL SPIRIT FROM THE LORD (JEHOVAH).” “While this evil spirit is in 1 Samuel 16:15 and 1 Samuel 18:10 referred to _Elohim_, the Deity in general _Je...
SUCCESSIVE ATTEMPTS UPON DAVID'S LIFE FRUSTRATED BY THE LOVE OF JONATHAN AND MICHAL, AND FINALLY BY FLIGHT (1 Samuel 19:1.). EXPOSITION JONATHAN'S LOVE FOR DAVID (1 Samuel 19:1). 1 SAMUEL 19:1 SAUL...
Genesis 31:19; Hosea 3:4; Judges 17:5; Judges 18:14; Judges 18:17...
Goats hair — Or, put great goats hair upon his bolster; upon the head and face of the image, which lay upon his bolster, that it might have some kind of resemblance of David's head and hair, at least...