²⁶ Saul also went to his home in Gibeah,^(A) accompanied by valiant men^(B) whose hearts God had touched.

⁴ When the messengers came to Gibeah^(A) of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept^(B) aloud.

³⁴ Then Samuel left for Ramah,^(A) but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah^(B) of Saul.

Saul Kills the Priests of Nob

⁶ Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated,^(A) spear in hand, under the tamarisk^(B) tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side.

¹⁹ The Ziphites^(A) went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us^(B) in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah,^(C) south of Jeshimon?

David Again Spares Saul’s Life

26 The Ziphites^(A) went to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding^(B) on the hill of Hakilah, which faces Jeshimon?^(C)”

⁶ let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed^(A) before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen^(B) one.”

So the king said, “I will give them to you.”