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Having no access to a Bible here, to what extent is the Paltiel story literal. There are obvious problems with the story vis a vis the Torah ban on a man remarrying his divorcee after she has been married to someone else. JFW | T@lk 15:21, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying, 'Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.'

And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, 'Go, return.' and he returned.

II Samuel 3:14-16, King James Version.

I added a reference to Deut and then found your question. I treat the story as literal even though it shows David broke the Torah's command. 82.18.174.37 00:15, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

The traditional rabbinical answer is that Michal never engaged in conjugal relations with Phaltiel, and that the children ascribed to their relationship were adopted, not biological (No children are mentioned in the Bible for this relationship). On the surface, though, we may suggest that King Saul forced Michal to marry Phaltiel, so that she was anussa (acting under compulsion) and thus not culpable for her actions. Another possibility, suggested by some modern scholars, is that King Saul retroactively annulled David's marriage to Michal, making the Deutoronomic injunction irrelevant to this case.