1 Samuel 23:13

23:13 So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another. ¹  When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition.

1 Samuel 24:6

24:6 He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord’s chosen one, ²  by extending my hand against him. After all, ³  he is the Lord’s chosen one.” ⁴ 

1 Samuel 26:23

26:23 The Lord rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty. ⁵  Even though today the Lord delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the Lord’s chosen one.

1 Samuel 28:3

28:3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented over him and had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. ⁶  In the meantime Saul had removed the mediums ⁷  and magicians ⁸  from the land.

[23:13]  ¹ tn Heb “they went where they went.”

[24:6]  ² tn Heb “anointed.”

[24:6]  ³ tn Or “for.”

[24:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “anointed.”

[26:23]  ³ tn Heb “and the Lord returns to the man his righteousness and his faithfulness.”

[28:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “in Ramah, even in his city.”

[28:3]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “mediums” actually refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits (see 2 Kgs 21:6). In v. 7 the witch of Endor is called the owner of a ritual pit. See H. Hoffner, “Second Millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew ’OñBù,” JBL 86 (1967): 385-401. Here the term refers by metonymy to the owner of such a pit (see H. A. Hoffner, TDOT 1:133).

[28:3]  ⁶ sn See Isa 8:19 for another reference to magicians who attempted to conjure up underworld spirits.