1 Samuel 13:15
Context13:15 Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal 1 to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. 2 Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.
1 Samuel 20:25
Context20:25 The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him 3 and Abner at his side. 4 But David’s place was vacant.
1 Samuel 21:10
Context21:10 So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.
1 Samuel 25:1
Context25:1 Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the desert of Paran. 5
1 Samuel 26:2
Context26:2 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.
1 Samuel 27:2
Context27:2 So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.
1 Samuel 28:23
Context28:23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged 6 him to eat, so he gave in. 7 He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.


[13:15] 1 tc The LXX and two Old Latin
[13:15] 2 tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).
[20:25] 3 tc Heb “and Jonathan arose.” Instead of MT’s וַיָּקָם (vayyaqam, “and he arose”; from the hollow verbal root קוּם, qum), the translation assumes a reading וַיִּקַדֵּם (vayyiqaddem, “and he was in front of”; from the verbal root קדם, qdm). See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 338.
[20:25] 4 tn Heb “and Abner sat at the side of Saul.”
[25:1] 5 tc The LXX reads “Maon” here instead of “Paran,” perhaps because the following account of Nabal is said to be in Maon (v. 2). This reading is followed by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT). The MT, however, reads “Paran,” a location which would parallel this portion of David’s life with that of the nation Israel which also spent time in Paran (Num 10:12). Also, the desert of Paran was on the southern border of Judah’s territory and would be the most isolated location for hiding from Saul.
[28:23] 7 tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew