1 Samuel 22:17

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ¹  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ²  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ³  the priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 24:11

24:11 Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning ⁴  evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.

1 Samuel 29:4

29:4 But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said ⁵  to him, “Send the man back! Let him return to the place that you assigned him! Don’t let him go down with us into the battle, for he might become ⁶  our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men? ⁷ 

[22:17]  ¹ tn Heb “runners.”

[22:17]  ² tn Heb “their hand is.”

[22:17]  ³ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”

[24:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “there is not in my hand.”

[29:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the leaders of the Philistines said.”

[29:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “so that he might not become.”

[29:4]  ⁹ tn Or perhaps, “our men.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.e.