30:26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah who were his friends, saying, “Here’s a gift 3 for you from the looting of the Lord’s enemies!”
19:17 Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!” Michal replied to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’” 4
1 tn Heb “cut.” The object of the verb (“covenant”) must be supplied.
2 tn The word order is different in the Hebrew text, which reads “and Jonathan cut with the house of David, and the
3 tn Heb “blessing.”
5 tn Heb “Send me away! Why should I kill you?” The question has the force of a threat in this context. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 325, 26.