^24 (A)But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him.

¹⁹ But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, ^(A)and let us cut him off from ^(B)the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

²⁰ Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and ^(A)our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.”

²¹ And Saul said, “Blessed are you of the Lord, for you have compassion on me. ²² Please go and find out for sure, and see the place where his hideout is, and who has seen him there. For I am told he is very crafty. ²³ See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides; and come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search for him throughout all the ^[a]clans of Judah.”

³ asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—^(A)while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.

¹⁶ So when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.

⁴ and ^(A)plotted to take Jesus by ^[a]trickery and kill Him.