It appears as if Saul had learned something of the loyalty pacts made between his son Jonathan and David.1 He probably assumed that their pact was common knowledge amongst his men and that their refusal to tell him was because of disloyalty on their part. Increasingly paranoid, he thus assumed that his men were in a conspiracy with David against him.2
8 Sinon, pourquoi avez-vous tous conspiré contre moi, et n'y a-t-il personne qui m'informe de l'alliance de mon fils avec le fils d'Isaï? Pourquoi n'y a-t-il personne de vous qui souffre à mon sujet, et qui m'avertisse que mon fils a soulevé mon serviteur contre moi, afin qu'il me dresse des embûches, comme il le fait aujourd'hui?