1 Samuel 19:9-17

9Now an evil spirit sent from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his palace holding a spear. David was playing the lyre,

10and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear. As the spear struck the wall, David eluded Saul, ran away, and escaped that night.

11Saul 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!”

12So she lowered David from the window, and he fled and escaped.

13Then Michal took the household idol and put it on the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

14When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, “He’s sick.”

15Saul sent the agents back to see David and said, “Bring him on his bed so I can kill him.”

16When the agents arrived, to their surprise, the household idol was on the bed with some goat hair on its head.

17Saul 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? ’”