1 Samuel 14:45

14:45 But the army said to Saul, “Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.” So the army rescued Jonathan from death. ¹ 

1 Samuel 22:17

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ²  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ³  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ⁴  the priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 28:15

28:15 Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied, “I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me – not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.”

1 Samuel 30:22

30:22 But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Since they didn’t go with us, ⁵  we won’t give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!”

[14:45]  ¹ tn Heb “and he did not die.”

[22:17]  ² tn Heb “runners.”

[22:17]  ³ tn Heb “their hand is.”

[22:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”

[30:22]  ³ tc Heb “with me.” The singular is used rather than the plural because the group is being treated as a singular entity, in keeping with Hebrew idiom. It is not necessary to read “with us,” rather than the MT “with me,” although the plural can be found here in a few medieval Hebrew mss. See also the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate, although these versions may simply reflect an understanding of the idiom as found in the MT rather than a different textual reading.