12. She helped David go through a window and climb down to the ground. 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, “Get David out of his bed and bring him to me, so I can have him killed.”
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!”
18. Meanwhile, David went to Samuel at Ramah and told him what Saul had done. Then Samuel and David went to Prophets Village and stayed there.
19. Someone told Saul, “David is at Prophets Village in Ramah.”
20. Saul sent a few soldiers to bring David back. They went to Ramah and found Samuel in charge of a group of prophets who were all prophesying. Then the Spirit of God took control of the soldiers and they started prophesying too.