1 Samuel 19:1

Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life

19:1 Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much. ¹ 

1 Samuel 2:25

2:25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?” But Eli’s sons ²  would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided ³  to kill them.

1 Samuel 18:22

18:22 Then Saul instructed his servants, “Tell David secretly, ‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:25

18:25 Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his ⁴  enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)

¹ tn Heb “delighted greatly in David.”

² tn Heb “they”; the referent (Eli’s sons) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “desired.”

³ tn Heb “the king’s.”