1 Samuel 17:27

17:27 The soldiers ¹  told him what had been promised, saying, ²  “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

1 Samuel 27:12

27:12 So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ³  “He is really hated ⁴  among his own people in ⁵  Israel! From now on ⁶  he will be my servant.”

1 Samuel 28:10

28:10 But Saul swore an oath to her by the Lord, “As surely as the Lord lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!”

¹ tn Heb “people.”

² tn Heb “according to this word, saying.”

³ tn Heb “saying.”

⁴ tn Heb “he really stinks.” The expression is used figuratively here to describe the rejection and ostracism that David had experienced as a result of Saul’s hatred of him.

⁵ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss lack the preposition “in.”

⁶ tn Heb “permanently.”