1 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Taking an oath, David again ¹  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ²  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ³  ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

1 Samuel 20:29

20:29 He said, ‘Permit me to go, ⁴  for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged ⁵  me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go ⁶  to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

1 Samuel 25:8

25:8 Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come ⁷  at the time of a holiday. Please provide us – your servants ⁸  and your son David – with whatever you can spare.” ⁹ 

1 Samuel 27:5

27:5 David said to Achish, “If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?”

[20:3]  ¹ tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

[20:3]  ² tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:3]  ³ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.

[20:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “send me.”

[20:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “commanded.”

[20:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “be released [from duty].”

[25:8]  ⁷ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading בָּאנוּ (ba’nu, “we have come”) rather than the MT’s בָּנוּ (banu, “we have built”).

[25:8]  ⁸ tn This refers to the ten servants sent by David.

[25:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “whatever your hand will find.”