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 25:34

25:34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

[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.