And David answered Jonathan, and said, Your father knows surely that I have found grace in your sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent. But as the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as I said, there is but [a step] between me and death.

And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David was hiding himself to escape from Saul; and Saul and his men encamped against David and his men, in order to take them.

And a messenger came to Saul, saying, Make haste and come here, for the Philistines have invaded the land!

And now send quickly and report to David, saying, Lodge not this night in Araboth of the wilderness: but go and make haste, lest [one] swallow up the king, and all the people with him.

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both the soul and the body in hell.

The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from Your law.

The snares of sinners entangled me; but I forgot not Your law.

[ 24:7] And David said to his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, to lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.

[ 24:8] So David persuaded his men by his words, and did not allow them to rise up and kill Saul. And Saul arose and went his way.

And David said to Abishai, Do not lay him low, for who shall lift up his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?

And behold, as your life has been precious this very day in my eyes, so let my life be precious before the Lord, and may He protect me, and deliver me out of all affliction.