1 Samuel 20:1-2

Jonathan Seeks to Protect David

20:1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, ¹  “What have I done? What is my offense? ²  How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!”

20:2 Jonathan ³  said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing ⁴  large or small without making me aware of it. ⁵  Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

1 Samuel 21:1

21:1 (21:2) David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met ⁶  David, and said to him, “Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”

1 Samuel 21:1

21:1 (21:2) David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met ⁷  David, and said to him, “Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”

1 Samuel 21:1

21:1 (21:2) David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met ⁸  David, and said to him, “Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”

1 Samuel 19:3

19:3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father. When I find out what the problem is, ⁹  I will let you know.”

1 Samuel 19:2

19:2 So Jonathan told David, “My father Saul is trying ¹⁰  to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find ¹¹  a hiding place and stay in seclusion. ¹² 

1 Samuel 6:16-18

6:16 The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

6:17 These are the gold sores that the Philistines brought as a guilt offering to the Lord – one for each of the following cities: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. 6:18 The gold mice corresponded in number to all the Philistine cities of the five leaders, from the fortified cities to hamlet villages, to greater Abel, ¹³  where they positioned the ark of the Lord until this very day in the field of Joshua who was from Beth Shemesh.

1 Samuel 6:1

The Philistines Return the Ark

6:1 When the ark of the Lord had been in the land ¹⁴  of the Philistines for seven months, ¹⁵ 

Job 5:20

5:20 In time of famine ¹⁶  he will redeem you from death,

and in time of war from the power of the sword. ¹⁷ 

Psalms 144:10

144:10 the one who delivers ¹⁸  kings,

and rescued David his servant from a deadly ¹⁹  sword.

Jeremiah 26:24

26:24 However, Ahikam son of Shaphan ²⁰  used his influence to keep Jeremiah from being handed over and executed by the people. ²¹ 

[20:1]  ¹ tn Heb “and he came and said before Jonathan.”

[20:1]  ² tn Heb “What is my guilt?”

[20:2]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ⁴ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading “he will not do,” rather than the Kethib of the MT (“do to him”).

[20:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”

[21:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “trembled to meet.”

[21:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “trembled to meet.”

[21:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “trembled to meet.”

[19:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “when I see.”

[19:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “seeking.”

[19:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “stay in.”

[19:2]  ¹² tn Heb “and hide yourself.”

[6:18]  ¹³ tc A few Hebrew mss and the LXX read “villages; the large rock…[is witness] until this very day.”

[6:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “field.”

[6:1]  ¹⁵ tc The LXX adds “and their land swarmed with mice.”

[5:20]  ¹⁶ sn Targum Job here sees an allusion to the famine of Egypt and the war with Amalek.

[5:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “from the hand of the sword.” This is idiomatic for “the power of the sword.” The expression is also metonymical, meaning from the effect of the sword, which is death.

[144:10]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “grants deliverance to.”

[144:10]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “harmful.”

[26:24]  ²⁰ sn Ahikam son of Shaphan was an official during the reign of Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah (2 Kgs 22:12, 14). He was also the father of Gedaliah who became governor of Judah after the fall of Jerusalem (Jer 40:5). The particle at the beginning of the verse is meant to contrast the actions of this man with the actions of Jehoiakim. The impression created by this verse is that it took more than just the royal officials’ opinion and the elders’ warnings to keep the priests and prophets from swaying popular opinion to put Jeremiah to death.

[26:24]  ²¹ tn Heb “Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he would not be given (even more literally, ‘so as not to give him’) into the hand of the people to kill him.” “Hand” is often used for “aid,” “support,” “influence,” “power,” “control.”