'Tidings' in the Bible

The Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became extremely angry.

David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring news to Gath, saying [to himself], “Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, ‘This is what David has done, and this has been his practice all the time that he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”