When Saul's messengers search for David in order to kill him, Michal sends them away while pretending he was ill and laid up in bed. In the biblical narrative, Michal chooses the welfare of David over the wishes of her father. David took part in a further battle, killed 200 Philistines, and brought their foreskins to Saul as a double bride price. Saul then advised him that no bride price was required except for the foreskins of 100 Philistines. David replied, 'I am a poor and lightly esteemed man', meaning that he was unable to provide a bride price. Later, after Merab had married Adriel the Meholathite, Saul invited David to marry Michal.

After his success in battle against the Philistine giant Goliath, Merab was given in marriage to Adriel. The narrative does not indicate whether this is reciprocated. Michal's story is recorded in the first Book of Samuel, where it is said in 1 Samuel 18:20 and 18:28 that Michal loved David. 1 Samuel 14:49 identifies Saul's elder daughter as Merab and younger daughter as Michal.

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