1 Samuel 13:11

13:11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me ¹  and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,

1 Samuel 20:5

20:5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal. ²  You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

1 Samuel 25:28

25:28 Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the Lord will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. May no evil be found in you all your days!

1 Samuel 26:21

26:21 Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you, for you treated my life with value ³  this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!” ⁴ 

[13:11]  ¹ tn Heb “dispersed from upon me.”

[20:5]  ² tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[26:21]  ³ tn Heb “my life was valuable in your eyes.”

[26:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I have erred very greatly.”