For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my companions watched for my downfall, saying, Perhaps he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Saul also sent messengers to David’s house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be slain.