1 Samuel 14:47

14:47 After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their ¹  enemies on all sides – the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious. ² 

1 Samuel 24:3

24:3 He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. ³ 

Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.

1 Samuel 30:16

30:16 So he took David ⁴  down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot ⁵  they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 23:26

23:26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.

¹ tn Heb “his,” which could refer to Israel or to Saul.

² tc The translation follows the LXX (“he was delivered”), rather than the MT, which reads, “he acted wickedly.”

³ tn Heb “to cover his feet,” an idiom (euphemism) for relieving oneself (cf. NAB “to ease nature”).

⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “because of all the large plunder.”