1 Samuel 13:13

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ¹  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ²  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

1 Samuel 17:20

17:20 So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. ³  After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp ⁴  as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.

1 Samuel 18:22

18:22 Then Saul instructed his servants, “Tell David secretly, ‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 20:29

20:29 He said, ‘Permit me to go, ⁵  for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged ⁶  me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go ⁷  to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

¹ tn Or “kept.”

² tn Heb “commanded.”

³ tn Heb “to a guard”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “with a keeper”; NIV “with a shepherd.” Since in contemporary English “guard” sounds like someone at a military installation or a prison, the present translation uses “to someone else who would watch over it.”

⁴ tn Or “entrenchment.”

⁵ tn Heb “send me.”

⁶ tn Heb “commanded.”

⁷ tn Heb “be released [from duty].”