1 Samuel 18:25

18:25 Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his ¹  enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)

1 Samuel 19:1

Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life

19:1 Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much. ² 

1 Samuel 19:10-11

19:10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. ³  David escaped quickly ⁴  that night.

19:11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save yourself ⁵  tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

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 23:8

23:8 So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 23:25-26

23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. ¹⁰  But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon. 23:26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.

1 Samuel 26:3

26:3 Saul camped by the road on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon, but David was staying in the desert. When he realized that Saul had come to the desert to find ¹¹  him,

[18:25]  ¹ tn Heb “the king’s.”

[19:1]  ² tn Heb “delighted greatly in David.”

[19:10]  ³ tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”

[19:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “your life.”

[20:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the days that.”

[20:31]  ⁷ tn The words “some men” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[20:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “a son of death.”

[23:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “So Saul mustered all his army for battle to go down to Keilah to besiege against David and his men.”

[23:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to search.”

[26:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “after.”