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(Un)trustworthy Wounds from Wives

“Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death” (2 Samuel 6:23). This sobering judgment speaks the final word in the narrative of King David’s wife Michal.What began as a love story ends in tragedy. How did Saul’s daughter, who once upon a time risked life and limb for her husband, come to such an end? God includes this vivid illustration in Scripture for our benefit, showing us the descent from a trustworthy wife to the kind of woman who sees only the worst in her husband, wr