A story about Rabbi Akiva's son who married a woman. What did he do when she entered his house? He stood all night and read from the Torah. He said to her, "Grandmother, bring me my sandals and I will study."
She brought him his sandals every night and he studied. She would open a book and read from the beginning to the end, and he would study until the morning light. When he got up to leave, Rabbi Akiva went up to him and asked him, "Did you find something or not?" He replied, "I found something."
He said to him, "If one finds a wife, he finds goodness." Another interpretation is that if one finds a wife, he finds goodness, like Michal, the daughter of Saul, who loved David more than her own father. When did this happen? When Saul sent David to guard the house.
This is what is written, "To the chief musician, 'Do not destroy.'" And how did David escape? Rabbi Ibu and the rabbis say that David had two doors in his house. One was locked, and they guarded it from that door, and he left from the other door and fled.
The rabbis say that he had only one door, and they stood at the door and guarded it so he would not escape. What did Michal do? She took a statue and put it in the bed and covered it with a blanket, and David fled. When Saul's messengers came, what did she do?
She took the statue and put it on the bed and put the goat's hair under its head. As it is written, "And Michal took the statue." They immediately asked for David. She said to them that he was sick and lying in bed.
They went and told Saul, and he said to them, "Bring him to me in the bed." They went and brought the bed to him and found the statue. He became angry with her and said, "You deceived me and helped my enemies escape." She replied, "You gave me to your robbers and threatened to kill me if I did not help David escape."
Because of the fear, she trembled and fainted, as it is written, "And the queen was greatly troubled. Teaching is pleasant. I will teach you that anxiety brings blood. This is written (1 Samuel 19:17): 'He said to me, "Send me away, why should I strike you down?"'
And why is it called a calf, as it is said (2 Samuel 3:5): 'And the sixth [son's] name was Yitream, born to David from his wife, Ahinoam the Yizre'elite.' This is Michal. Just as this calf does not accept a yoke on its neck, so Michal did not accept a yoke from her father, but she reprimanded him."