1 SAMUEL 19:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.”
And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up in the bed, that I may kill him — Saul's *va'yishlach et ha'tziriyim lir'ot et David*, sent messengers to see David, reveals his obsession; he cannot be satisfied until he has visually confirmed David's death. The *bischkavon* (in the bed), with the *teraphim*, is the final detail of Saul's imagined assassination, death in the intimate space of home, surrounded by domestic objects.
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