1 Samuel 18:11

18:11 and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

1 Samuel 20:16

20:16 and called David’s enemies to account.” So Jonathan made a covenant ¹  with the house of David. ² 

1 Samuel 23:15

23:15 David realized ³  that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the desert of Ziph.

1 Samuel 25:9

25:9 So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.

1 Samuel 30:18

30:18 David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he ⁴  also rescued his two wives.

[20:16]  ¹ tn Heb “cut.” The object of the verb (“covenant”) must be supplied.

[20:16]  ² tn The word order is different in the Hebrew text, which reads “and Jonathan cut with the house of David, and the Lord will seek from the hand of the enemies of David.” The translation assumes that the main clauses of the verse have been accidentally transposed in the course of transmission. The first part of the verse (as it stands in MT) belongs with v. 17, while the second part of the verse actually continues v. 15.

[23:15]  ¹ tn Heb “saw.”

[30:18]  ¹ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“he”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.