1 Samuel 12:2

12:2 Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.

1 Samuel 29:6

29:6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you ¹  serving ²  with me in the army. ³  I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion ⁴  of the leaders, you are not reliable. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 29:8

29:8 But David said to Achish, “What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

[29:6]  ¹ tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.

[29:6]  ² tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.

[29:6]  ³ tn Heb “camp.”

[29:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “eyes.”

[29:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “good.”