2 Samuel 3:13-16

Contemporary English Version

¹³ David sent this message back: “Good! I'll make an agreement with you. But before I will even talk with you about it, you must get Saul's daughter Michal back for me.”

^14 (A) David sent a few of his officials to Ishbosheth to give him this message: “Give me back my wife Michal! I killed 100 Philistines so I could marry her.”^[a]

¹⁵ Ishbosheth sent some of his men to take Michal away from her new husband, Paltiel the son of Laish. ¹⁶ Paltiel followed Michal and the men all the way to Bahurim, crying as he walked. But he went back home after Abner ordered him to leave.