David said to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

So David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?”

When all the kings serving Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Arameans (Syrians) were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

Now I came to speak of this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. So your maidservant thought, ‘I will just speak to the king; perhaps the king will do what his maidservant requests.

“For the waves of death encompassed me;
The torrents of destruction overwhelmed and terrified me.