1 Samuel 14:45

14:45 But the army said to Saul, “Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.” So the army rescued Jonathan from death. ¹ 

1 Samuel 17:28

17:28 When David’s ²  oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry ³  with David and said, “Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! ⁴  You have come down here to watch the battle!”

1 Samuel 22:17

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ⁵  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ⁶  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ⁷  the priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 25:39

25:39 When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, “Praised be the Lord who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! ⁸  The Lord has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” ⁹  Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.

1 Samuel 29:3

29:3 The leaders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? ¹⁰  I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!” ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 29:6

29:6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you ¹²  serving ¹³  with me in the army. ¹⁴  I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion ¹⁵  of the leaders, you are not reliable. ¹⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “and he did not die.”

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “the anger of Eliab became hot.”

⁴ tn Heb “the wickedness of your heart.”

³ tn Heb “runners.”

⁴ tn Heb “their hand is.”

⁵ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”

⁴ tn Heb “who has argued the case of my insult from the hand of Nabal.”

⁵ tn Heb “his servant he has held back from evil, and the evil of Nabal the Lord has turned back on his head.”

⁵ tn Heb “these days or these years.”

⁶ tn Heb “from the day of his falling [away] until this day.”

⁶ tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.

⁷ tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.

⁸ tn Heb “camp.”

⁹ tn Heb “eyes.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “good.”