Saul sent the agents back to see David and said, ‘Bring him on his bed so I can kill him.’
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Haven’t the members of my household said, ‘Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table? ’
Saul listened to Jonathan’s advice and swore an oath: ‘As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be killed.’
When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, ‘He’s ill.’
When the agents arrived, to their surprise, the household idol was on the bed with some goat hair on its head.