1 Samuel 17:55

17:55 ¹ Now as Saul watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the general in command of the army, “Whose son is this young man, Abner?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, O king, I don’t know.”

1 Samuel 22:2

22:2 All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented ²  gathered around ³  him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

1 Samuel 26:5

26:5 So David set out and went to the place where Saul was camped. David saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general in command of his army, were sleeping. Now Saul was lying in the entrenchment, and the army was camped all around him.

1 Samuel 29:9

29:9 Achish replied to David, “I am convinced that you are as reliable ⁴  as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us in the battle.’

¹ tc Most LXX mss lack 17:55–18:5.

² tn Heb “bitter of soul.”

³ tn Heb “to.”

³ tn Heb “I know that you are good in my eyes.”