When thou goest from me to-day, thou shalt meet two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to thee, The asses are found which thou wentest to seek, and behold, thy father has dismissed the matter of the asses, and is anxious about you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

For Jehovah will not cast away his people for his great name's sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.

And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.

Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death.

And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said, God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has gates and bars.

And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.

And now, I pray thee, hearken thou also to the voice of thy bondmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on thy way.