Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they could not be seen to come into the city: and a girl would go and speak to them; and they would go and speak to king David.
And some cried out one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the truth because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintances to minister or come to him.