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12 So she helped him get down to the ground through a window. 13 Then she took an idol[a] and put it in his bed, and covered it with blankets, with its head on a pillow of goat’s hair. 14 When the soldiers came to arrest David and take him to Saul,[b] she told them he was sick and couldn’t get out of bed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 19:13 an idol, literally, “teraphim.”
  2. 1 Samuel 19:14 When the soldiers came to arrest David and take him to Saul, implied.

12 So Michal let David down through a window,(A) and he fled and escaped. 13 Then Michal took an idol(B) and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats’ hair at the head.

14 When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said,(C) “He is ill.”

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