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. ¹  After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp ²  as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.

1 Samuel 30:16

30:16 So he took David ³  down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot ⁴  they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

[17:20]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Or “entrenchment.”

[30:16]  ³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[30:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “because of all the large plunder.”