1 Samuel 19:11-17

International Children’s Bible

¹¹ Saul sent men to David’s house. They watched it, wanting to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him. She said, “Tonight you must run away to save your own life. If you don’t, you will be killed tomorrow morning.” ¹² Then she let David down out of a window. So he ran away and escaped. ¹³ Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed. She covered it with clothes and put goats’ hair at its head.

¹⁴ Saul sent messengers to take David prisoner. But Michal said, “He is sick.”

¹⁵ The men went and told Saul, but he sent them back to see David. He told them, “Bring him to me on his bed so I can kill him.”

¹⁶ But when the messengers entered David’s house, they found it was just an idol on the bed. Its hair was goats’ hair.

¹⁷ Saul said to Michal, “Why did you trick me this way? You let my enemy go. He has run away!”

Michal answered Saul, “David told me if I did not help him escape, he would kill me.”