1 Samuel 12:5

12:5 He said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his chosen king ¹  is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me.” ²  They said, “He is witness!”

1 Samuel 14:12

14:12 Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor bearer, “Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!” ³  Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up behind me, for the Lord has given ⁴  them into the hand of Israel!”

1 Samuel 17:37

17:37 David went on to say, “The Lord who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David, “Go! The Lord will be with you.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 18:21

18:21 Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.” ⁶ 

1 Samuel 22:6

Saul Executes the Priests

22:6 But Saul found out the whereabouts of David and the men who were with him. ⁷  Now Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree at an elevated location with his spear in hand and all his servants stationed around him.

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, ⁸  by extending my hand against him. After all, ⁹  he is the Lord’s chosen one.” ¹⁰ 

[12:5]  ¹ tn Heb “anointed [one].”

[12:5]  ² tn Heb “that you have not found anything in my hand.”

[14:12]  ³ tn Heb “a thing.”

[14:12]  ⁴ tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically here to express Jonathan’s certitude. As far as he is concerned, the victory is as good as won and can be described as such.

[17:37]  ⁵ tn Or “Go, and may the Lord be with you” (so NASB, NCV, NRSV).

[18:21]  ⁶ tc The final sentence of v. 21 is absent in most LXX mss.

[22:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Saul heard that David and the men who were with him were known.”

[24:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “anointed.”

[24:6]  ⁹ tn Or “for.”

[24:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “anointed.”