1 Samuel 14:23

14:23 So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven. ¹ 

1 Samuel 17:15

17:15 David was going back and forth ²  from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 18:2

18:2 Saul retained David ³  on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.

1 Samuel 20:16

20:16 and called David’s enemies to account.” So Jonathan made a covenant ⁴  with the house of David. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 20:28

20:28 Jonathan replied to Saul, “David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 22:16

22:16 But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!

[14:23]  ¹ tc The LXX includes the following words: “And all the people were with Saul, about ten thousand men. And the battle extended to the entire city on mount Ephraim.”

[17:15]  ² tn Heb “was going and returning.”

[18:2]  ³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “cut.” The object of the verb (“covenant”) must be supplied.

[20:16]  ⁵ tn The word order is different in the Hebrew text, which reads “and Jonathan cut with the house of David, and the Lord will seek from the hand of the enemies of David.” The translation assumes that the main clauses of the verse have been accidentally transposed in the course of transmission. The first part of the verse (as it stands in MT) belongs with v. 17, while the second part of the verse actually continues v. 15.