Commentary on Samuel (passage on Michal's return)
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Commentary 2, chapter 3
2.3.12Assemani 1737 1
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"You shall not see my face unless you bring me Michal, the daughter of Saul." Abner resolved to carry out at once what he had threatened against Ishbosheth. So he sent messengers secretly and urged David to hasten to take the kingdom assigned to him by God's decree, promising that his help would not be lacking in such an undertaking. David laid on Abner the task of bringing Michal back, because he had not divorced her; therefore he was not breaking the law that forbids husbands to marry a divorced wife. Nor had Michal offended David by marrying Paltiel, for she did it against her will: she loved David, and her father bore it very ill; she had even, at the risk of her own life, freed her husband from his plots, and perhaps she had shown her goodwill toward him by other proofs as well. Therefore David believed it his duty to obtain her return at a time when he understood that he could, and indeed ought to, repay her merits with kindness.