1 Samuel 24:17

24:17 He said to David, “You are more innocent ¹  than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

1 Samuel 26:21

26:21 Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you, for you treated my life with value ²  this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!” ³ 

[24:17]  ¹ tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.”

[26:21]  ² tn Heb “my life was valuable in your eyes.”

[26:21]  ³ tn Heb “and I have erred very greatly.”