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When I read about Michal in the Bible, I always tend to sympathize with her which is what I did alot while reading this story (mostly because David has so many women I can understand why she's hurt). What I realize is that it's easy for us to sympathize with her but we should recognize our own sinful tendencies in her actions when we put other people or things in God's place and allow them to have such an impact on the way we feel, ie. allowing bitterness into our hearts when things don't go the way we planned.

Jill Eileen Smith portrayed how Michal didn't have a real relationship with God. David became the god in her life and when he didn't meet her expectations she allowed bitterness and disappointment into her heart. I always wonder about characters where the Bible leave the rest of their story incomplete. Does God speak to them and change their hearts? Are they redeemed? I love the way Jill put it together and made this a redemption story for Michal. Only when we meet God ourselves will we know how truly this story played out, but I do hope that the real Michal found God later on in her life.

And as always, any Biblical Historical fiction book that makes me go to the REAL BOOK is five stars for me!


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Michal A Novel The Wives of King David Jill Eileen Smith 8601404668241 Books Reviews

I was captivated from the very beginning of the book Michal. This was Biblical fiction at it's finest. It is such a highly imaginative account of what could very well have been Michal's, daughter of King Saul, story and life with David. I will have an even fonder appreciation of the actual Biblical account of the life of David as shepherd and King after Saul because of your story dear Jill Eileen Smith. I very much look forward to reading the rest of the books in this series of The Wives of King David as well as looking very specifically for Michal's life in the Bible as it intersected with David's.
A review by Anthony T. Riggio of the book Michal (A Novel) by Jill Eileen Smith; 12-8-14

This is fictional account of the Daughter of Saul (Book of Samuel) from the Old Testament in The Holy Bible. It is a tragic love story of how a person can be manipulated and how the end results create unintended consequences and great pain of the heart.

I purchased this book in its edition and in reading some of the critical reviews, I hesitated in even reading it. I started the book not knowing I would finish it and it captured me in the first couple of pages. One critic described the author’s writing as simplistic. I read a lot of both nonfiction and fiction and am a fair critic of someone’s ability to tell a story and Jill Smith accomplishes this feat and in many respects it is well written and the authors imagination in taking a couple of lines from the Book of Samuel, weaves an interesting story. I love it when an author takes a bit of fact and lays out a good story and an excellent read.

While David and Michal were real biblical characters as were some of the other in this story, Jill Smith took a few points and filled in the Gestalt into a believable story. To me her imagination gave some imaginary flesh to scripture but in no way does she change the essence of the scriptural story. She gave flesh to parts and created a wonderful story. I did go to the book of Samuel and researched Michal and there are few lines that mention her. So Kudos to the author for creating a love story and built characters with human flaws without removing their scriptural personas and made them human beings with human reactions to life, however fictional.

I unhesitatingly recommend this book. It is a fast red and even though the review is dated, I read this book in two days and highly recommend the format.

I gave this book five stars.
Like other women in the Bible, hers is a sad story, and like her name, she's just a rivulet of water in David's life; just enough to wet the bottoms of his sandals, but not to quench his thirst. The "i" is pronounced as a long i, the "ch" as k, but it's not the feminine form of Michael (which was pronounced with a long i, and long a). Names were extremely important to the ancients, and were carefully thought out...for boys, that is. I've noticed in the Bible that only high-born women have distinctive names; in Jesus' time, the name "Mary" was so common, it's a wonder they weren't given numbers, instead. Michal holds the unique distinction of being the only woman in the Bible listed as loving her man; all the others, you have to guess. When Goliath enters the story, a glaring detail was left out of the book that shows the extent of Saul's mental disturbance; David had been coming to the palace to play the harp for Saul, but when David comes to visit his brothers at the camp, Saul has a senior moment and doesn't know who he is (1 Samuel 1755). General Abner either didn't know about the harpist, or suffered from short-term memory loss. It's a puzzle I haven't yet heard anyone address. The scene where Saul slapped her around is believable; in 1 Samuel 1821, Saul gave David to her as a "snare." She was daddy's girl; he must have believed she'd be loyal to him. But, reading the Bible story as often as I have, I don't get a feeling that David loved Michal, or any of his women, until Bathsheba came along. Even then, it seems to be compensation. The part I really hate in Michal's life, is when David demands her return. Women were property; David had paid a very weird bride-price for her, 200 foreskins. For some reason he says 100, but the fact he states the price for her says loads; he paid for her, she's his, and he wants her back! No romance, just getting back what was stolen from him. Michal's 2nd husband was Phalti, but he's renamed here as Paltiel. I think the guy really loved her, and hate it that David tore her away from what could have been a happy life. Jill does an excellent job of filling out the character of Phalti and how Saul thought of choosing him as a son-in-law. Also with Michal's adjustment to her estranged husband and his new life, being thrust into a strange home life of 6 wives (later, 7) and countless concubines in the harem. She had to share her husbands time and body with all those women. And if she'd come to love Phalti, it made it all the more devastating. I can totally understand her bitterness and why she lashed out at David that day when he danced. But Jill didn't clearly convey the extent of David's dancing. Yes, he was dancing for God, but he got carried away, big time. In 2 Samuel 620 she's telling him off; the word uncovereth, means denuded. While he was jumping around, he either purposely removed the linen ephod, or pulled it aside, so that he was down to his boxers. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't completely naked. I think she's still adjusting to her new life, and jealousy sounds as if it played a big part. 1 Samuel 1612, and 18, describes David's looks and personality, but when you look up those adjectives in Strongs Concordance, you get a better picture of how devastatingly handsome David was; and he was showing off his body to all the women! God's people weren't supposed to be like the heathen, which included exposing their bodies. But in David's mind, because he did it for God, it was okay. He was highly offended and never had sex with her again (2 Samuel 623). The ending of Jill's book is bitter-sweet, as is Michal's; I like to think, in real life, Michal and David reconciled before his death. In conclusion, it's a good book, well written. Michal has been badly portrayed as the bad guy in countless sermons; I don't see her as that, and I'm glad she's getting her due in this story.
When I read about Michal in the Bible, I always tend to sympathize with her which is what I did alot while reading this story (mostly because David has so many women I can understand why she's hurt). What I realize is that it's easy for us to sympathize with her but we should recognize our own sinful tendencies in her actions when we put other people or things in God's place and allow them to have such an impact on the way we feel, ie. allowing bitterness into our hearts when things don't go the way we planned.

Jill Eileen Smith portrayed how Michal didn't have a real relationship with God. David became the god in her life and when he didn't meet her expectations she allowed bitterness and disappointment into her heart. I always wonder about characters where the Bible leave the rest of their story incomplete. Does God speak to them and change their hearts? Are they redeemed? I love the way Jill put it together and made this a redemption story for Michal. Only when we meet God ourselves will we know how truly this story played out, but I do hope that the real Michal found God later on in her life.

And as always, any Biblical Historical fiction book that makes me go to the REAL BOOK is five stars for me!