1 Samuel 17:13

17:13 Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to war. The names of the ¹  three sons who went to war were Eliab, his firstborn, Abinadab, the second oldest, and Shammah, the third oldest.

1 Samuel 17:20

17:20 So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. ²  After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp ³  as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.

1 Samuel 29:9

29:9 Achish replied to David, “I am convinced that you are as reliable ⁴  as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us in the battle.’

[17:13]  ¹ tn Heb “his.”

[17:20]  ² tn Heb “to a guard”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “with a keeper”; NIV “with a shepherd.” Since in contemporary English “guard” sounds like someone at a military installation or a prison, the present translation uses “to someone else who would watch over it.”

[17:20]  ³ tn Or “entrenchment.”

[29:9]  ³ tn Heb “I know that you are good in my eyes.”