The Role of the Household Idol

This is a, this is very personal for Saul. It seems to become increasingly personal. There's also something strange about this that he doesn't just tell them, well, go back down there and kill him. He wants to do it himself. So they go into the house verse 16 and behold, the image, the household idol was on the bed with a quilt of goats hair at its head. Then to make matters worse, Saul berates his daughter.