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And Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. And his wife Michal told David, saying, If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.

And Michal made David go down through the window. And he went, and fled, and escaped.

And Michal took an image and laid it on the bed; and she put the quilt of goat's hair at his head-place, and covered with a spread.

And Saul sent messengers to take David. And she said, He is sick.

And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, to kill him.

And the messengers came in. And, behold, the image was on the bed, and the quilt of goat's hair was at his head-place.

And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me this way, that you have sent away my enemy, and he has escaped? And Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Send me away; why should I kill you?