1 Samuel 22:21

22:21 Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 23:1

David Delivers the City of Keilah

23:1 They told David, “The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors.”

1 Samuel 17:17

17:17 Jesse said to his son David, “Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly ¹  to the camp to your brothers.

1 Samuel 18:4

18:4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.

1 Samuel 18:8

18:8 This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, ²  “They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?”

1 Samuel 18:19

18:19 When the time came for Merab, Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she instead was given in marriage to Adriel, who was from Meholah.

1 Samuel 18:26

18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed ³  to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired ⁴ 

1 Samuel 19:2

19:2 So Jonathan told David, “My father Saul is trying ⁵  to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find ⁶  a hiding place and stay in seclusion. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 23:25

23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. ⁸  But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

1 Samuel 28:17

28:17 The Lord has done exactly as I prophesied! ⁹  The Lord has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!

1 Samuel 18:25

18:25 Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his ¹⁰  enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)

1 Samuel 19:7

19:7 Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 19:11

19:11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save yourself ¹²  tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

1 Samuel 20:42

20:42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn together in the name of the Lord saying, ‘The Lord will be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants forever.’”

David Goes to Nob

(21:1)

¹³ Then David ¹⁴  got up and left, while Jonathan went back to the city.

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 ¹⁵  at the time of a holiday. Please provide us – your servants ¹⁶  and your son David – with whatever you can spare.” ¹⁷ 

1 Samuel 30:6

30:6 David was very upset, for the men ¹⁸  were thinking of stoning him; ¹⁹  each man grieved bitterly ²⁰  over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

[17:17]  ¹ tn Heb “run.”

[18:8]  ¹ tn Heb “said.” So also in vv. 11, 17.

[18:26]  ¹ tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”

[18:26]  ² tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”

[19:2]  ¹ tn Heb “seeking.”

[19:2]  ² tn Heb “stay in.”

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “and hide yourself.”

[23:25]  ¹ tn Heb “to search.”

[28:17]  ¹ tn Heb “just as he said by my hand.”

[18:25]  ¹ tn Heb “the king’s.”

[19:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and he was before him as before.”

[19:11]  ¹ tn Heb “your life.”

[20:42]  ¹ sn Beginning with 20:42b, the verse numbers through 21:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 20:42b ET = 21:1 HT, 21:1 ET = 21:2 HT, 21:2 ET = 21:3 HT, etc., through 21:15 ET = 21:16 HT. With 22:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[20:42]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:8]  ¹ 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]  ² tn This refers to the ten servants sent by David.

[25:8]  ³ tn Heb “whatever your hand will find.”

[30:6]  ¹ tn Heb “people.”

[30:6]  ² tn Heb “said to stone him.”

[30:6]  ³ tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”