1 Samuel 10:4

10:4 They will ask you how you’re doing and will give you two loaves of bread. You will accept them.

1 Samuel 1:17

1:17 Eli replied, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”

1 Samuel 17:18

17:18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. ¹  Find out how your brothers are doing ²  and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. ³ 

1 Samuel 17:22

17:22 After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, ⁴  he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

1 Samuel 25:5

25:5 he ⁵  sent ten servants, ⁶  saying to them, ⁷  “Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 25:35

25:35 Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, “Go back ⁹  to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you ¹⁰  and responded favorably.” ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 20:13

20:13 But if my father intends to do you harm, may the Lord do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know ¹²  and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. ¹³  May the Lord be with you, as he was with my father.

1 Samuel 20:42

20:42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn together in the name of the Lord saying, ‘The Lord will be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants forever.’”

David Goes to Nob

(21:1)

¹⁴ Then David ¹⁵  got up and left, while Jonathan went back to the city.

1 Samuel 30:21

30:21 Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, ¹⁶  those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.

[17:18]  ¹ tn Heb “officer of the thousand.”

[17:18]  ² tn Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”

[17:18]  ³ tn Heb “and their pledge take.” This probably refers to some type of confirmation that the goods arrived safely. See R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 177. Cf. NIV “bring back some assurance”; NCV “some proof to show me they are all right”; NLT “bring me back a letter from them.”

[17:22]  ¹ tn Heb “the guard of the equipment.”

[25:5]  ¹ tn Heb “David”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun has been used in the translation.

[25:5]  ² tn Or “young men.”

[25:5]  ³ tn Heb “and David said to the young men.”

[25:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and inquire concerning him in my name in regard to peace.”

[25:35]  ¹ tn Heb “up.”

[25:35]  ² tn Heb “your voice.”

[25:35]  ³ tn Heb “I have lifted up your face.”

[20:13]  ¹ tn Heb “uncover your ear.”

[20:13]  ² tn Heb “in peace.”

[20:42]  ¹ sn Beginning with 20:42b, the verse numbers through 21:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 20:42b ET = 21:1 HT, 21:1 ET = 21:2 HT, 21:2 ET = 21:3 HT, etc., through 21:15 ET = 21:16 HT. With 22:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[20:42]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[30:21]  ¹ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“him”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.