1 Samuel 19

11 *Ps 59Title.Saul sent guards to watch David’s house all night and then to kill him in the morning.

Michal, David’s wife, told him, "If you don’t escape tonight, they’ll kill you tomorrow!" 12 She helped David leave through a window and climb down to the ground.*19.12 ground: The house was probably built into the town wall, allowing David to come down outside the wall. As David ran off, 13 Michal put a statue in his bed. She put goat hair on its head and dressed it in some of David’s clothes.

14 The next morning, Saul sent guards to arrest David. But Michal told them, "David is sick."

15 Saul sent the guards back and told them, "Bring David to me—bed and all—so I can kill him."

16 When the guards went in, all they found in the bed was the statue with the goat hair on its head.

17 "Why have you tricked me this way?" Saul asked Michal. "You helped my enemy get away!"

She answered, "He said he would kill me if I didn’t help him escape!"

Samuel Helps David Escape

18 Meanwhile, David went to Samuel at Ramah and told him what Saul had done. Then Samuel and David went to Prophets Village*19.18 Prophets Village: Or "Naioth." and stayed there.