And Sha’ul sent the messengers back to see Dawiḏ, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed to put him to death.”
“Their feet are swift to shed blood,
Zayin The wrong plots against the righteous, And gnashes his teeth at him.
if the men of my tent did not say, ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’
And Sha’ul listened to the voice of Yehonathan, and Sha’ul swore, “As יהוה lives, he does not die.”
And when Sha’ul sent messengers to take Dawiḏ, she said, “He is sick.”
And the messengers came in and saw the household idol in the bed, with a cover of goats’ hair for his head.