1 Samuel 13:16

13:16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash. ¹ 

1 Samuel 24:3

24:3 He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. ² 

Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.

[13:16]  ¹ tn The juxtaposition of disjunctive clauses in v.16 indicates synchronic action.

[24:3]  ² tn Heb “to cover his feet,” an idiom (euphemism) for relieving oneself (cf. NAB “to ease nature”).