Gevurot 23:13-15

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹³ Now there were more than arba’im anashim (forty men) who joined in this kesher.

¹⁴ After they approached the Rashei HaKohanim (Chief Priests) and the Zekenim (Elders), they said, "We have bound ourselves with a shevu’ah (oath) to eat nothing until we have killed Rav Sha’ul.

¹⁵ "Now, therefore, you with the Sanhedrin notify the tribune so that he may bring Rav Sha’ul down to you as if intending to determine more accurately the things concerning him, and, before he draws near, we are ready to kill him."