1 Samuel 11:4

11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) ¹  and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly. ² 

1 Samuel 16:4

16:4 Samuel did what the Lord told him. ³  When he arrived in Bethlehem, ⁴  the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They ⁵  said, “Do you come in peace?”

1 Samuel 25:40

25:40 So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”

1 Samuel 27:12

27:12 So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ⁶  “He is really hated ⁷  among his own people in ⁸  Israel! From now on ⁹  he will be my servant.”

[11:4]  ¹ tn Heb “to Gibeah of Saul.”

[11:4]  ² tn Heb “lifted their voice and wept.”

[16:4]  ³ tn Heb “said.”

[16:4]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:4]  ⁵ tc In the MT the verb is singular (“he said”), but the translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss and ancient versions in reading the plural (“they said”).

[27:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “saying.”

[27:12]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss lack the preposition “in.”

[27:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “permanently.”