1 Samuel 14:36

14:36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout ¹  them until the break of day. ²  We won’t leave any of them alive!” ³  They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.” ⁴  But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

1 Samuel 25:34

25:34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

1 Samuel 25:36

25:36 When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time ⁵  and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing ⁶  until morning’s light.

[14:36]  ¹ tn Heb “plunder.”

[14:36]  ² tn Heb “until the light of the morning.”

[14:36]  ³ tn Heb “and there will not be left among them a man.”

[14:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “all that is good in your eyes.” So also in v. 40.

[25:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the heart of Nabal was good upon him”; NASB, NRSV “Nabal’s heart was merry within him”; NIV “he was in high spirits”; NCV, TEV “was in a good mood”; CEV “was very drunk and feeling good.”

[25:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “and she did not tell him a thing, small or large.”