1 Samuel 19:16

And when the messengers were come in,.... To David's house, and into the room where he was supposed to lie:

behold, there was an image in the bed to their great surprise; they expected to see David,…

Here is, I. Saul's further design of mischief to David. When David had escaped the javelin, supposing he went straight to his own house, as indeed he did, Saul sent some of his guards after him to lay…

There was an image, &c. The teraphim was in the bed, and the quilt of goat's hair at its head.

17 He said unto me, &c. Michal adds another lie to screen herself from Saul's anger. In this she was but…