And, Come now, and let us cause him to die, and throw him into one of the pits. And let us say, An evil beast has eaten him. And let us see what will become of his dreams.
And they sent the tunic reaching to the soles of his feet, and they took it to their father, and said, We have found this. Now look, is it your son’s tunic?
And he left, and a lion found him in the way and killed him; and his carcass was thrown down in the way, and the ass was standing near it, and the lion was standing near the carcass.
And he turned behind him and saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of Jehovah. And two bears came out of the forest and tore forty-two boys of them.
Because you have said, We have cut a covenant with death; and, We have made a vision with Sheol, when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us, for we have made the lie our refuge, and we have hidden in falsehood.
For we also once were senseless, disobedient, being led astray, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
And Saul rose up and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and three thousand men were with him, chosen ones of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.