And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed close after him.
You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields full of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is cast away with contempt, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she chanced to come upon a part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
And see, if it goes up by the way of his own territory to Beth-shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us: it was a chance that happened to us.