1 Samuel 11:7

11:7 He took a pair ¹  of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said, “Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!” Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out as one army. ² 

1 Samuel 17:55

17:55 ³ Now as Saul watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the general in command of the army, “Whose son is this young man, Abner?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, O king, I don’t know.”

1 Samuel 22:3

22:3 Then David went from there to Mizpah in Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay ⁴  with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”

1 Samuel 26:20

26:20 Now don’t let my blood fall to the ground away from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge ⁵  in the hill country.”

[11:7]  ¹ tn Heb “yoke.”

[11:7]  ² tn Heb “like one man.”

[17:55]  ³ tc Most LXX mss lack 17:55–18:5.

[22:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “go forth.”

[26:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “the calling [one],” which apparently refers to a partridge.