1 Samuel 9:20

9:20 Don’t be concerned ¹  about the donkeys that you lost three days ago, for they have been found. Whom does all Israel desire? Is it not you, and all your father’s family?” ² 

1 Samuel 13:11

13:11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me ³  and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,

1 Samuel 20:6

20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go ⁴  to his city Bethlehem, ⁵  for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’

1 Samuel 20:31

20:31 For as long as ⁶  this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men ⁷  and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!” ⁸ 

1 Samuel 27:11

27:11 Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, “This way they can’t tell on us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” Such was his practice the entire time ⁹  that he lived in the country of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 28:2

28:2 David replied to Achish, “That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!” Achish said to David, “Then I will make you my bodyguard ¹⁰  from now on.” ¹¹ 

[9:20]  ¹ tn Heb “do not fix your heart.”

[9:20]  ² tn Heb “and all the house of your father.”

[13:11]  ³ tn Heb “dispersed from upon me.”

[20:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “to run.”

[20:6]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[20:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the days that.”

[20:31]  ⁸ tn The words “some men” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[20:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “a son of death.”

[27:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “all the days.”

[28:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the guardian for my head.”

[28:2]  ¹² tn Heb “all the days.”