Discovery Box1 Samuel 20:3
Context20:3 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
Context20:29 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 27:5
Context27:5 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?”
1 Samuel 29:3
Context29:3 The leaders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? 7 I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!” 8
1 Samuel 29:6
Context29:6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you 9 serving 10 with me in the army. 11 I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion 12 of the leaders, you are not reliable. 13
[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] 6 tn Heb “be released [from duty].”
[29:3] 7 tn Heb “these days or these years.”
[29:3] 8 tn Heb “from the day of his falling [away] until this day.”
[29:6] 10 tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.
[29:6] 11 tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.
