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

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

Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him.”

But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.