Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageSaul turned on Michal: 'Why did you deceive me like this and let my enemy escape?' Michal answered, 'He threatened me — he said, "Help me get away, or I will kill you."'
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GSha'ul said to Mikhal, 'Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?' Mikhal answered Sha'ul, 'He said to me, "Let me go — or I will kill you."'
KJV
King James VersionAnd Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
BSB
Berean Standard BibleAnd Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
Footnotes
Mikhal's/Michal's answer is almost certainly a self-protective lie — the narrative gives no prior indication that David threatened her; she acted to save him, not herself. She shifts blame onto David to shield herself from her father's fury. This is the third deception in the chapter: the terafim ruse, the 'he is ill' misdirection, and now this false accusation. The text renders her words without editorial comment, leaving the reader to reckon with her situation — a woman trapped between a violent father and an escaping husband, navigating survival within a royal household where loyalty is lethal. FOG and FOG Message both render her speech plainly, preserving the narrative ambiguity.