Michal (MIH-kahl) is remembered in Scripture through choices and relationships that still deserve careful reading.
Birth year: Unknown.
Death year: Unknown.
Active during: The reigns of Saul and David, around the eleventh–tenth centuries BC.
Home region: Gibeah and Jerusalem.
Main passages: 1 Samuel 18:20–29; 19:11–17; 25:44; 2 Samuel 3:13–16; 6:16–23.
Story and role
Michal was a daughter of Saul and the first wife of David. She loved David, helped him escape Saul, was later given to another husband, and was reclaimed when David consolidated power.
What the record preserves
The biblical passages show the choices, relationships, and consequences that made Michal part of the larger story. They should be read in context rather than reduced to a single label.
Limits of the evidence
The text reports Michal’s words and actions but gives limited access to her motives. The portrait is imagined.
Explore the places connected with Michal on a modern reference map.
Read further
1 Samuel 18:20–29; 19:11–17; 25:44; 2 Samuel 3:13–16; 6:16–23, NIV; BiblicalTraining reference library.