20. Immediately, Saul fell flat on the ground. He was frightened by Samuel’s words. He also had no strength left, because he hadn’t eaten anything all day or all night.
21. The woman came over to Saul and saw that he was terrified. “I listened to you,” she told him, “and I took my life in my hands when I did what you told me to do.
22. Now please listen to me. I will serve you something to eat. Eat it so that you will have strength when you leave.”
23. But he refused. “I don’t want to eat,” he said. Nevertheless, his officers and the woman kept urging him until he listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
24. The woman immediately butchered a fattened calf that she owned. She took flour, kneaded it, and baked some unleavened bread.
25. Then she served it to Saul and his officers. They ate and left that ⌊same⌋ night.