1 Samuel 9:15

9:15 Now the day before Saul arrived, the Lord had told ¹  Samuel:

1 Samuel 17:27

17:27 The soldiers ²  told him what had been promised, saying, ³  “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

1 Samuel 18:24

18:24 When Saul’s servants reported what David had said,

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 23:27

23:27 But a messenger came to Saul saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

1 Samuel 27:12

27:12 So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ⁴  “He is really hated ⁵  among his own people in ⁶  Israel! From now on ⁷  he will be my servant.”

1 Samuel 28:10

28:10 But Saul swore an oath to her by the Lord, “As surely as the Lord lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!”

[9:15]  ¹ tn Heb “uncovered the ear of.”

[17:27]  ² tn Heb “people.”

[17:27]  ³ tn Heb “according to this word, saying.”

[27:12]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[27:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “he really stinks.” The expression is used figuratively here to describe the rejection and ostracism that David had experienced as a result of Saul’s hatred of him.

[27:12]  ⁵ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss lack the preposition “in.”

[27:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “permanently.”