- Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death."
- So Michal let David down through a window, and he went out and fled and escaped.
- Michal took the household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with clothes.
- When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
- Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me on his bed, that I may put him to death."
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- Saul sent men to David's house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, warned him, "If you don't run for your life tonight, tomorrow you'll be killed."
- So Michal let David down through a window, and he fled and escaped.
- Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats' hair at the head.
- When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, "He is ill."
- Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, "Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him."
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