1 Samuel 24:6

24:6 He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord’s chosen one, ¹  by extending my hand against him. After all, ²  he is the Lord’s chosen one.” ³ 

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 ⁴  on you and said, ‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s chosen one.’ ⁵ 

1 Samuel 26:16

26:16 This failure on your part isn’t good! ⁶  As surely as the Lord lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the Lord’s chosen one, are as good as dead! ⁷  Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”

¹ tn Heb “anointed.”

² tn Or “for.”

³ tn Heb “anointed.”

⁴ tn Heb “it had pity,” apparently with the understood subject being “my eye,” in accordance with a common expression.

⁵ tn Heb “anointed.”

⁷ tn Heb “Not good [is] this thing which you have done.”

⁸ tn Heb “you are sons of death.”