And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
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Interpretation
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 same spirit of piety which had dictated Jonathan's language to Saul. In flying to Samuel, David made God his refuge.
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This thought runs through 1 Samuel 19:12-16.