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. ¹ 

1 Samuel 20:16

20:16 and called David’s enemies to account.” So Jonathan made a covenant ²  with the house of David. ³ 

1 Samuel 31:2

31:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels ⁴  of Saul and his sons. They ⁵  struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

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

[20:16]  ² tn Heb “cut.” The object of the verb (“covenant”) must be supplied.

[20:16]  ³ tn The word order is different in the Hebrew text, which reads “and Jonathan cut with the house of David, and the Lord will seek from the hand of the enemies of David.” The translation assumes that the main clauses of the verse have been accidentally transposed in the course of transmission. The first part of the verse (as it stands in MT) belongs with v. 17, while the second part of the verse actually continues v. 15.

[31:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “stuck close after.”

[31:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Philistines.”