1 Samuel 15:16

15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait a minute! ¹  Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” Saul ²  said to him, “Tell me.”

1 Samuel 19:10

19:10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. ³  David escaped quickly ⁴  that night.

1 Samuel 25:16

25:16 Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.

[15:16]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “be quiet.”

[15:16]  ² tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the singular (“he said”) rather than the plural (“they said”) of the Kethib.

[19:10]  ³ tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”