1 Samuel 24:4

24:4 David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the Lord said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” ¹  So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 24:10

24:10 Today your own eyes see how the Lord delivered you – this very day – into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity ²  on you and said, ‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s chosen one.’ ³ 

1 Samuel 24:18

24:18 You have explained today how you have treated me well. The Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.

1 Samuel 24:2

24:2 So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find ⁴  David and his men in the region of ⁵  the rocks of the mountain goats. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 16:10

16:10 Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel. ⁷  But Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.”

Isaiah 10:7

10:7 But he does not agree with this,

his mind does not reason this way, ⁸ 

for his goal is to destroy,

and to eliminate many nations. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “is good in your eyes.”

² tn Heb “it had pity,” apparently with the understood subject being “my eye,” in accordance with a common expression.

³ tn Heb “anointed.”

⁴ tn Heb “to search [for].”

⁵ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

⁶ tn Or “the region of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats,” if this expression is understood as a place name (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV).

⁷ tn Heb “caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.” This could be taken as referring to seven sons in addition to the three mentioned before this, but 1 Sam 17:12 says Jesse had eight sons, not eleven. 1 Chr 2:13-15 lists only seven sons, including David. However, 1 Chr 27:18 mentions an additional son, named Elihu.

⁸ tn Heb “but he, not so does he intend, and his heart, not so does it think.”

⁹ tn Heb “for to destroy [is] in his heart, and to cut off nations, not a few.”