Sa mu el 122 author indicates Michal’s conflict of obligations, which results that her bond to her beloved husband outweighs her bond to her father and king . Hence, in this scene, the author prefers to refer to her as David’s wife ( Garsiel 1985 b : 168 – 169 ) . In this episode, Michal distinguishes herself in her alertness, initia - tive, smartness, ability to convince, and even physical strength . She identifies the guards and figures out the imminent danger for David . She urges David to flee . She risks her life in helping him to slip out through the window . In order to buy time for David’s escape, Michal dupes Saul’s messengers . She puts the teraphim in David’s bed , prob - ably a household idol ; and around the idol’s head she puts hairy goat’s skin, which looks like a man’s hair, and she covers most of it with a quilt, so that it looks like a human being is lying covered up in the bed . In the morning, Saul sends messengers to bring in David, but Michal rejects them saying, ...
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