20:1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, 7 “What have I done? What is my offense? 8 How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!”
2:22 Now Eli was very old when he heard about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel 9 and how they used to have sex with 10 the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
1 tn This verb form, as well as the one that follows (“appointed”), indicates completed action from the standpoint of the speaker. This does not necessarily mean that the Lord had already conducted his search and made his choice, however. The forms may be used for rhetorical effect to emphasize the certainty of the action. The divine search for a new king is as good as done, emphasizing that the days of Saul’s dynasty are numbered.
2 tn Heb “according to his heart.” The idiomatic expression means to be like-minded with another, as its use in 1 Sam 14:7 indicates.
3 tn Heb “commanded.”
4 tn Heb “all the days that.”
5 tn The words “some men” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “a son of death.”
7 tn Heb “and he came and said before Jonathan.”
8 tn Heb “What is my guilt?”
9 tn Heb “to all Israel.”
10 tn Heb “lie with.”