And the servants of Saul told him, saying, "In this manner David spoke."
1 Samuel 18:24
Surrounding context
18:23 So Saul's servants spoke those words in the hearing of David. And David said, "Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing I am a poor and lightly esteemed man?"
18:24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, "In this manner David spoke."
18:25 Then Saul said, "Thus you shall say to David: "The king does not desire any dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies."' But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.