20:32 Jonathan responded to his father Saul, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?” 20:33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan 1 in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced 2 that his father had decided to kill David.
20:2 Jonathan 3 said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing 4 large or small without making me aware of it. 5 Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”
5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “knew.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew
5 tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”