Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree(A) at the high place. His spear was in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him. Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin: Is Jesse’s son going to give all of you fields and vineyards? Do you think he’ll make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?(B) That’s why all of you have conspired against me! Nobody tells me when my own son makes a covenant with Jesse’s son.(C) None of you cares about me(D) or tells me that my son has stirred up my own servant to wait in ambush for me, as is the case today.”

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