So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
1 Samuel 19:14
Surrounding context
19:13 And Michal took an image and laid it in the bed, put a cover of goats' hair for his head, and covered it with clothes.
19:14 So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
19:15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him."