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Michal (; (ヘブライ語:מיכל) (:miˈχal)) was a daughter of Saul, king of Israel, who loved and became the first wife of David, () who later became king of Judah, and later still of the united Kingdom of Israel. ==Michal in the Bible== Their story is recorded in the Book of Samuel. It is recorded that she chose the welfare of David over the wishes of her father. When Saul's messengers were searching for David in order to kill him, Michal secretly sent them away while pretending he was ill and laid up in bed. She let David down through a window and hid teraphim in his bed as a ruse. () Whilst David was hiding for his life, Saul gave Michal as a wife to Palti, son of Laish, and David took several other wives, including Abigail. () Later when David became king of Judah and Ish-bosheth Michal's brother (and Saul's son) was king of Israel, David demanded her return to him, in return for peace between them. This Ish-bosheth did, despite the public protests of Palti. These events have raised moral issues within Judaism, especially in the context of the prohibition in . On the one hand, some argue that it is prohibited to re-establish a marriage with a previous spouse who has subsequently remarried. On the other hand, other commentators explain that David had not divorced Michal at this point in time, but rather Saul acted to break their marriage by marrying her off to another without David's consent.〔Though the Book of Deuteronomy attributes itself to the period of the Hebrews' Exodus from Egypt, many historians regard it as having been actually written during the late monarchy. David's appearing to be oblivious to the prohibition laid down in it seems additional evidence in support of such theories.〕 On that view, they were not technically divorced as David had not issued a writ of divorcement according to biblical law. After Michal came back to David, she criticised him because he danced, partially unclothed, as he brought the Ark of the Covenant to the newly captured Jerusalem in a religious procession. () Unlike Abigail and Bathsheba, Michal is not described as being beautiful, though Rabbinic tradition holds that she was of "entrancing beauty."〔Louis Ginzberg, (The Family of David ) in ''The Legends of the Jews'', Vol. 4.〕 ===Offspring=== It is unclear whether Michal died barren and childless, as stated in , or had children, as described in most manuscripts〔(The New International Version of the bible uses Merab from two Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts but cites that most manuscripts say Michal )〕 of , which mention "the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul". Gill attempted to resolve the contradiction by translating 2 Samuel 21:8 as "the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite". Now, Merab, Michal's older sister, was the wife of Adriel (). According to Gill, these five sons were not born to Michal but were brought up or educated by her after Merab perhaps had died; i.e., Merab brought them forth, and Michal brought them up. 〔See (John Gill commentary on 2 Samuel 21 )〕 However, the Hebrew word, ילדה, which Gill understands to mean "brought up," everywhere else means "gave birth to." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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