Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' [hair] at the head of it, and covered it with the clothes.
Saul expected more loyalty from his daughter than he received. Jonathan had described David as Saul’s servant (1 Samuel 19:4), but Saul now called him his enemy (1 Samuel 19:17). Michal seems to have considered her lie justifiable (cf. 1 Samuel 19:11). Jonathan had not lied to Saul (1 Samuel 19:4-5). Both Jonathan and Michal’s words resulted in David’s safety temporarily, but Jonathan and Michal’s characters contrast in what they said to their father and king.