8:4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.
31:4 Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.
1 tn Heb “he had not tested.”
1 tn Heb “and David sent scouts and he knew that Saul had certainly come.”
1 tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“he”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.