1 Samuel 19:13

An image] RV 'the teraphim.' 'Teraphim,' like 'Elohim,' is a plural of dignity and denotes a single image, but the origin of the word is unknown. Such images, derived from Canaanite paganism, appear to have been in human form and to have varied in size; for, while Michal's could pass for a man, Rachel's could be hidden under the camel's furniture (Genesis 31:34). Usually, perhaps, the teraphim was a half-length image, or a head only. Teraphim were used for the purpose of divination (Ezekiel 21:21; Zechariah 10:2), and Rachel probably stole her father's teraphim, lest he should discover which way she had fled. Pillow of goats' hair] A word from this root occurs in 2 Kings 8:15, so that it appears to have been some covering made of goats' hair, which was placed over the face of a sleeping person, probably to keep off the mosquitoes. In this case it served as a disguise. For his bolster] RV 'at the head thereof.' With a cloth] Heb. 'with the garment,' i.e. the mantle, which was regarded as the most indispensable article of dress (1 Samuel 19:24) by day and was used as a covering by night. So Saul's messengers would easily recognise it.