Michal is a female name. For the similar male name, see Michael. For the citrus fruit, see Michal Mandarin. Citrus is a common term and Genus of Flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of

Gustave Doré, 1865, Michal helps young David escape.
_{"So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped". Samuel 1, chapter 19, 12}

Michal (Hebrew: מיכל) was a daughter of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible, who loved and married David. Saul (שאול המלך (or Sha'ul) ( Arabic: طالوت,Tālūt ( (reigned 1047 - 1007 BCE is identified in the Books of Samuel, 1 Chronicles The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written in Biblical Hebrew (and the related Biblical Aramaic David, Arabic: داوود or داود dawud, "beloved" was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible Their story is recorded in the Book of Samuel. The Books of Samuel ( Hebrew: Sefer Sh'muel ספר שמואל are part of the Tanakh (part of Judaism 's Hebrew Bible) and also of In I Samuel chapter 19, she chooses the welfare of her husband over the wishes of her father. When Saul's messengers are searching for David in order to kill him, Michal secretly sends David away while pretending he is ill and laid up in bed. Whilst David is hiding for his life, Saul gives Michal as a wife to Palti son of Laish, and David takes several other wives including Abigail. Palti (or Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim, was the husband of Michal, Saul 's daughter Abigail ( is a female name occurring in Biblical narratives from the Books of Samuel, and reflected in the Books of Chronicles.

Despite an apparent prohibition in Deuteronomy 24:1-4 on re-establishing a marriage with a previous spouse who has subsequently remarried, David demands the return of Michal after he is crowned in Judah following Saul's death. Deuteronomy (Greek deuteronomion, Δευτερονόμιον "second law" is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and of the Old Testament Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel. It is important to note by explanation that David had not divorced Michal at this point in time but rather Saul had made the act to break the marriage. Therefore they were not technically divorced and David had not issued a writ of divorcement according to the Hebraic Law. Nonetheless, Palti follows [Michal] weeping but Abner commands him to return home. In the Book of Samuel, Abner ( Biblical Hebrew for "father of is a light" is first cousin to Saul and commander-in-chief of his army (1 Samuel

And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying, 'Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. Ish-bosheth ( Standard: Ishbóshet Tiberian: ʼΚbṓšeṯ also called Eshbaal ( Standard Eshbáʻal Tiberian ʼEšbáʻal Ashbaal '

And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, 'Go, return. ' and he returned.

(II Samuel 3:14-16, King James Version)

In II Samuel 6, Michal criticizes David because he dances, partially unclothed, as he brings the Ark of the Covenant to the newly-captured Jerusalem in a religious procession. Michal dies childless, with the implication that this is a punishment (from God or David is not clear) for her criticism.

David would be succeeded by Solomon, a son of Bathsheba. King Solomon ( Ge'ez: ስለሞን Arabic: ar سليمان, Sulayman, all from the Triliteral root S-L-M, "peace" According to the Hebrew Bible, Bathsheba (בת שבע Bat Sheva) was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, king of the

References in Popular Culture

The curse Michal was placed under due to her criticisms of David's dancing were the basis for the title song of Christian Punk act Lust Control's album, Dancing Naked. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Christian punk (or Christ punk) is a form of Christian music and a subgenre of Punk rock with some degree of Christian