¹³ Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;

⁷ Now Jotham, on hearing of it, went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and crying out with a loud voice said to them, Give ear to me, you townsmen of Shechem, so that God may give ear to you.

⁸ So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.