And Saul sendeth the messengers to see David, saying, ‘Bring him up in the bed unto me,’ — to put him to death.
If not — say ye, O men of my tent, ‘O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.’
The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.
Swift [are] their feet to shed blood.
And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and she saith, ‘He [is] sick.’
And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats' [hair], [for] his pillows.
And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, ‘Jehovah liveth — he doth not die.’