1 Samuel 20:2

20:2 Jonathan ¹  said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing ²  large or small without making me aware of it. ³  Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

1 Samuel 20:6

20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go ⁴  to his city Bethlehem, ⁵  for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’

1 Samuel 27:1

David Aligns Himself with the Philistines

27:1 David thought to himself, ⁶  “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”

[20:2]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”

[20:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “to run.”

[20:6]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[27:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “said to his heart.”