1 Samuel 19:16

19:16 When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat’s hair at its head.

1 Samuel 16:20

16:20 So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat ¹  and sent them to Saul with ²  his son David.

1 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Then Michal took a household idol ³  and put it on the bed. She put a quilt ⁴  made of goat’s hair over its head ⁵  and then covered the idol with a garment.

1 Samuel 25:2

David Marries Abigail the Widow of Nabal

25:2 There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; ⁶  he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

[16:20]  ¹ tn Heb “a kid of the goats.”

[16:20]  ² tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[19:13]  ¹ tn Heb “teraphim” (also a second time in this verse and once in v. 16). These were statues that represented various deities. According to 2 Kgs 23:24 they were prohibited during the time of Josiah’s reform movement in the seventh century. The idol Michal placed under the covers was of sufficient size to give the mistaken impression that David lay in the bed, thus facilitating his escape.

[19:13]  ² tn The exact meaning of the Hebrew word כָּבִיר (kavir) is uncertain; it is found in the Hebrew Bible only here and in v. 16. It probably refers to a quilt made of goat’s hair, perhaps used as a fly net while one slept. See HALOT 458 s.v. *כָּבִיר. Cf. KJV, TEV “pillow”; NLT “cushion”; NAB, NRSV “net.”

[19:13]  ³ tn Heb “at the place of its head.”

[25:2]  ¹ tn Heb “great.”