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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Michal. Every Michal in the Bible

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    Michal

    מִיכַל

    Michal, the younger daughter of King Saul, became David's wife and helped him escape from Saul's attempts to kill him.

    verses
    16
    first named
    1 Samuel 14:49
    last named
    1 Chronicles 15:29
    period
    United Monarchy
    tribe
    Benjamin

    Description

    Who was Michal?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Michal was the younger daughter of King Saul and became the first wife of David, Israel's future king. She first appears in the genealogy of Saul (1Sa.14.49) and is later mentioned as loving David (1Sa.18.20). Saul, seeking to ensnare David, offered Michal's hand in marriage, demanding a bride price of 100 Philistine foreskins. David fulfilled this requirement, and Michal became his wife (1Sa.18.27-28). When Saul attempted to kill David, Michal helped him escape through a window and deceived Saul's messengers by placing an idol in David's bed (1Sa.19.11-17). During David's exile, Saul gave Michal in marriage to Palti (1Sa.25.44). After Saul's death, David demanded that Michal be returned to him as a condition for peace with Abner (2Sa.3.13-14). Later, when David danced before the ark of the Lord, Michal despised him in her heart (2Sa.6.16; 1Ch.15.29). She confronted David, criticizing his behavior, but David rebuked her (2Sa.6.20-21). As a result, Michal remained childless until her death (2Sa.6.23). Michal's story illustrates the complex relationships and conflicts within Saul's family and the early years of David's rise to power.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Michal10 of 13 entities the graph connects to Michal, in 3 groups: kinship 8, company 1, events 1. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.DavidSpouse of · 12 events · 964 versesSaulChild of · 3 events · 327 versesJonathanSibling of · 82 versesIsh-boshethSibling of · 2 events · 12 versesAbinadabSibling of · 5 versesMalchi-shuaSibling of · 5 versesMerabSibling of · 4 versesPaltiSpouse of · 2 events · 2 versesKinshipSaul’s giving of MichalTook part in · 2 versesCompanyMarriage1 event · 36 versesEventsMichal

    The 10 best-attested of 13 are drawn. All 13 are listed below.

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    Where this happens

    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 16, across 3 books. The name is written 17 times in them.

    1. 1 Samuel9 verses

      14:4918:2018:2718:2819:1119:1219:1319:1725:44

    2. 2 Samuel6 verses

      3:133:146:166:206:216:23

    3. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      15:29

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Abinadab and Jonathan, and 2 moreDeath of Men Of Israel, Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-Shua, and SaulDeath of Men Of Israel, Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-Shua, and Saul is an event attested across 5 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via Abinadab and Jonathan, and 2 moreMen Of Israel and Philistia’s death of Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-Shua, Saul, and Saul Three SonsMen Of Israel and Philistia’s death of Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-Shua, Saul, and Saul Three Sons is an event attested across 4 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via Armoni and Mephibosheth, and 1 moreRizpahConcubine of Saul; mother of Armoni and Mephiboshethvia PaltiLaishFather of Michal's husband Palti (or 'Paltiel')via David and Jonathan, and 1 moreDavid’s lamentDavid’s lament is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via David and Jonathan, and 1 moreJonathan’s bringing of DavidJonathan’s bringing of David is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Saul’s giving of MichalGivingGiving is a concept gathering 561 labelled instances in the text.via Saul’s giving of MichalMarriageMarriage is a concept gathering 27 labelled instances in the text.via Jonathan and SaulAmalek’s death of Saul and JonathanAmalek’s death of Saul and Jonathan is an event attested across 4 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.

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