1 Samuel 20:25

20:25 The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him ¹  and Abner at his side. ²  But David’s place was vacant.

1 Samuel 23:14

23:14 David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, ³  but God did not deliver David ⁴  into his hand.

[20:25]  ¹ tc Heb “and Jonathan arose.” Instead of MT’s וַיָּקָם (vayyaqam, “and he arose”; from the hollow verbal root קוּם, qum), the translation assumes a reading וַיִּקַדֵּם (vayyiqaddem, “and he was in front of”; from the verbal root קדם, qdm). See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 338.

[20:25]  ² tn Heb “and Abner sat at the side of Saul.”

[23:14]  ³ tn Heb “all the days.”

[23:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.