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"Good," said David. "I will make a covenant with you. But there's one thing I want you to do. Bring Saul's daughter Michal to me. Don't come to see me unless she's with you."
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Then David sent messengers to Saul's son Ish-Bosheth. He ordered them to say, "Give me my wife Michal. She was promised to me. I paid for her with the skins I cut off when I circumcised 100 Philistines."
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So Ish-Bosheth gave the order. He sent men who took Michal away from her husband Paltiel. Paltiel was the son of Laish.
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But her husband followed her to Bahurim. He was crying all the way. Then Abner said to him, "Go back home!" So he did.
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Abner talked with the elders of Israel. He said, "For some time you have wanted to make David your king.