I am a little weary of searching for these women in the Bible--so I am going to take a break from it for a few weeks.  I have never been much of a historian and all the cross referencing has made my head hurt.  Especially now that I am in the second book of Samuel--the conflict between Saul and David goes on for chapter after chapter.  With an occasional, rare mention of a woman.

King David had a bunch of  wives.  The only reason most of them are even named is because they gave him sons.  Besides Michal, two of them are very interesting.  Abigail, and Bathsheba.  I will discuss them and then I'll write about something else for awhile.

It is easy to lose track of the mothers--of the children they had--because it always says the son was begat by "some man."  Almost never is the mother mentioned.  You would think the men had all the babies.  Their culture was so much different than ours.  That's just the way it was.  Women didn't count for very much before Christ.  He gave us honor.

But before I finish with Michal, the youngest daughter of Saul, I need to give you a little more information.  You remember that when David went to war, Saul gave his daughter Michal to another man to marry--even though she was already David's wife.  Saul was king.  He could do whatever he wanted to do--and he hated David.  As far as Saul was concerned, Michel was simply "bait" to lure David into battle for her hand.  Saul figured David would be killed and never claim his prize.

Later, after David was more  powerful, he sent for Michal--and took her back from the man Saul had given her to.  Her (second) husband followed her back as she was being returned to David--weeping because he was losing her.  She must have been something--David wanted her back.

You would think Michal would have been happy at this point--since she loved David--but when David came home from a battle and was dancing in the streets--exposing himself in the process--she became furious because he was acting "low-class" in front of all the women who were welcoming him home. So she scolded him.  And of course, David didn't like it and basically told her to can it.

She remained childless.  One of the few women mentioned for something other than producing sons.