1 Samuel 30:18-19

30:18 David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he ¹  also rescued his two wives. 30:19 There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. ²  David brought everything back.

Psalms 72:14

72:14 From harm and violence he will defend them; ³ 

he will value their lives. ⁴ 

John 18:9

18:9 He said this ⁵  to fulfill the word he had spoken, ⁶  “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.” ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“he”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “there was nothing missing to them, from the small even unto the great, and unto sons and daughters, and from loot even unto all which they had taken for themselves.”

³ tn Or “redeem their lives.” The verb “redeem” casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis (see Pss 19:14; 69:18).

⁴ tn Heb “their blood will be precious in his eyes.”

⁵ tn The words “He said this” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. There is an ellipsis in the Greek text that must be supplied for the modern English reader at this point.

⁶ sn This expression is similar to John 6:39 and John 17:12.

⁷ tn Grk “Of the ones whom you gave me, I did not lose one of them.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to reflect contemporary English style.