But Doeg was a slanderer, and Saul had such a spirit of envy and hatred and murder, that he desired the report to be true. The partial and exaggerated statement of the chief of the herdsmen, was suited for the use of the adversary of God and man. It was presented to the mind of Saul in such a light that the king lost all control of himself, and acted like a madman. If he had but calmly waited until he could have heard the whole story, and had exercised his reasoning faculties, how different would have been the terrible record of that day’s doings!{2BC 1020.1}

Men Doeg var en bagvasker, og Saul var så ondsindet, hadefuld og morderisk, at han ønskede at beretningen skulle være sand. Den delvise og overdrevne meddelelse om hyrdernes anfører, passede godt at blive brugt af Guds og menneskets fjende. Det blev bragt frem for Sauls sind i et sådant lys at kongen mistede al selvkontrol, og handlede som en sindssyg person. Hvis han blot havde ventet roligt indtil han havde hørt hele historien, og havde brugt sine fornuftsevner, hvor anderledes ville det så ikke være for den forfærdelige tekst for den tids gerninger!