Michal

Two window scenes Gustave Doré (1865) Francesco Salviati (c. 1553) The narrative of Michal in Samuel includes two window scenes . In 1 Samuel 18, Michal helps David escape from Saul by letting him down through a window ( top ), while in 2 Samuel 6, Michal watches David dance before the ark ( bottom ). Michal ( ) was a daughter of Saul , king of Israel , who loved and became the wife of David , ( 1 Samuel 18:20–27 ) who later became king of Judah , and later still of the united Kingdom of Israel . Their story is recorded in the Book of Samuel . It is recorded that she chose the welfare of David over the wishes of her father. When Saul's messengers are searching for David in order to kill him, Michal secretly sends him away while pretending he is ill and laid up in bed. She lets David down through a window, and hides teraphim in his bed as a ruse. ( 1 Samuel 19:11–17 ) Whilst David is hiding for his life, Saul gave Michal as a wife to Palti, son of Laish , and David took several other wives, including Abigail . ( 1 Samuel 25 ) Later when David became king of Judah and Ish-bosheth Michal's brother (and Saul's son) was king of Israel , David demanded her return to him, in return for peace between them. This Ish-bosheth did, despite the public protests of Palti. These events have raised moral issues within Judaism, especially in the context of the prohibition in Deuteronomy 24:1–4 . On the one hand, some argue that it is prohibited to re-establish a marriage with a previous spouse who has subsequently remarried. On the other hand, other commentators explain that David had not divorced Michal at this point in time, but rather Saul acted to break their marriage by marrying her off to another without David's consent. On that view, they were not technically divorced as David had not issued a writ of divorcement according to biblical law. After Michal was back with David, she criticized David because he danced, partially unclothed, as he brought the Ark of the Covenant to the newly-captured Jerusalem in a religious procession. ( 2 Samuel 6:14–22 ) Michal died childless, which 2 Samuel 6:23 suggests was a punishment for her criticism, though whether the punishment was from God or from David is not clear. Steven McKenzie, author of King David: A Biography , suggests that David prevented Michal and her other surviving relatives, such as Meribaal , from having children in order to extinguish the line of Saul and deny potential rivals to the throne. The appearance of contradiction concerning Michal dying childless appears in 2 Samuel 21:8 where they is mention of "the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul". However, the full phrase in 2 Samuel 21:8 is "the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite". These five sons were not birthed by Michal but were brought up or educated by Michal after Merab perhaps had died. Merab brought them forth, and Michal brought them up. 2 Samuel 3:13–16 Though the Book of Deuteronomy attributes itself to the period of the Hebrews' Exodus from Egypt, many historians regard it as having been actually written during the late monarchy. David's appearing to be oblivious to the prohibition laid down in it seems additional evidence in support of such theories.

Two window scenes Gustave Doré (1865) Francesco Salviati (c. 1553) The narrative of Michal in Samuel includes two window scenes . In 1 Samuel 19, Michal helps David escape from Saul by letting him down through a window ( top ), while in 2 Samuel 6, Michal watches David dance before the ark ( bottom ). Michal ( / m [invalid input: 'ɨ'] ˈ x ɑː l / ; ) was a daughter of Saul , king of Israel , who loved and became the first wife of David , ( 1 Samuel 18:20–27 ) who later became king of Judah , and later still of the united Kingdom of Israel .

Two window scenes Gustave Doré (1865) Francesco Salviati (c. 1553) The narrative of Michal in Samuel includes two window scenes . In 1 Samuel 19, Michal helps David escape from Saul by letting him down through a window ( top ), while in 2 Samuel 6, Michal watches David dance before the ark ( bottom ). Michal ( / m ɪ ˈ x ɑː l / ; , ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel , a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel ; the younger daughter of King Saul , she was the first wife of David ( 1 Samuel 18:20–27 ), who later became king, first of Judah , then of Israel .

Old Testament character For other uses, see Michal (disambiguation) . Two window scenes Gustave Doré (1865) Francesco Salviati (c. 1553) The narrative of Michal in Samuel includes two window scenes . In 1 Samuel 19, Michal helps David escape from Saul by letting him down through a window ( top ), while in 2 Samuel 6, Michal watches David dance before the ark ( bottom ). Michal ( / m ɪ ˈ x ɑː l / ; ; ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel , a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel ; the younger daughter of King Saul , she was the first wife of David ( 1 Samuel 18:20–27 ), who later became king, first of Judah , then of all Israel .

Old Testament character For other uses, see Michal (disambiguation) . Two window scenes Gustave Doré (1865) Francesco Salviati (c. 1553) The narrative of Michal in Samuel includes two window scenes . In 1 Samuel 19, Michal helps David escape from Saul by letting him down through a window ( top ), while in 2 Samuel 6, Michal watches David dance before the ark ( bottom ). Michal ( / m ɪ ˈ x ɑː l / ; Hebrew : מִיכַל [miˈχal] ; Greek : Μιχάλ ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel , a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel ; the younger daughter of King Saul , she was the first wife of David ( 1 Samuel 18:20–27 ), who later became king, first of Judah , then of all Israel , making her queen consort of Israel.