Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.
Another evident truth here is that slander is in the same class with murder.  The slanderer is always a murderer, whether or not, like Doeg, he thrusts his victims through with a literal sword.