Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. The names of his two daughters were: Merab, his firstborn, and Michal, the younger.

Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when it was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

David and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as full payment to the king to become his son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David as his wife.

Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,

Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!”

Then Michal took the household idol and put it on the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, “He’s sick.”

Saul asked Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!”

She answered him, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”

But Saul gave his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.