1 Samuel 19:12

19:12 So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped.

1 Samuel 20:38

20:38 Jonathan called out to the servant, “Hurry! Go faster! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master.

1 Samuel 20:2

20:2 Jonathan ¹  said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing ²  large or small without making me aware of it. ³  Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

1 Samuel 15:14

15:14 Samuel replied, “If that is the case, ⁴  then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”

1 Samuel 17:21-22

17:21 Israel and the Philistines drew up their battle lines opposite one another. 17:22 After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, ⁵  he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

Mazmur 31:22

31:22 I jumped to conclusions and said, ⁶ 

“I am cut off from your presence!” ⁷ 

But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

[20:2]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ² tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading “he will not do,” rather than the Kethib of the MT (“do to him”).

[20:2]  ³ tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”

[15:14]  ⁴ tn The words “if that is the case” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “the guard of the equipment.”

[31:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I, I said in my haste.”

[31:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “from before your eyes.”