1 Samuel 18:15-17

The Voice

¹⁵ When Saul saw that David achieved such success, he was amazed and afraid of him. ¹⁶ All of Israel and Judah loved David, who led their soldiers into battle and brought them back victorious.

Saul came up with a plan and called David.

Saul was thinking that he did not need to murder David himself; instead, the Philistines would eventually kill David.