1 Samuel 10:14

10:14 Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” Saul ¹  replied, “To look for the donkeys. But when we realized they were lost, ²  we went to Samuel.”

1 Samuel 10:21

10:21 Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of Matri was chosen by lot. At last Saul son of Kish was chosen by lot. But when they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found.

1 Samuel 19:2

19:2 So Jonathan told David, “My father Saul is trying ³  to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find ⁴  a hiding place and stay in seclusion. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 19:10

19:10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. ⁶  David escaped quickly ⁷  that night.

1 Samuel 23:10

23:10 Then David said, “O Lord God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning ⁸  to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.

1 Samuel 23:14

23:14 David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, ⁹  but God did not deliver David ¹⁰  into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:25

23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. ¹¹  But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

1 Samuel 24:2

24:2 So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find ¹²  David and his men in the region of ¹³  the rocks of the mountain goats. ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 24:9

24:9 David said to Saul, “Why do you pay attention when men say, ‘David is seeking to do you harm’?

1 Samuel 26:2

26:2 So Saul arose and

went down to the desert of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the desert of Ziph.

[10:14]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:14]  ² tn Heb “And we saw that they were not.”

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “seeking.”

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “stay in.”

[19:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and hide yourself.”

[19:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”

[23:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “seeking.”

[23:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “all the days.”

[23:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to search.”

[24:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “to search [for].”

[24:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[24:2]  ¹⁵ 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).