1 Samuel 13:17

13:17 Raiding bands went out from the camp of the Philistines in three groups. One band turned toward the road leading to Ophrah by the land of Shual;

1 Samuel 16:21

16:21 David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal, ¹  and he became his armor bearer.

1 Samuel 20:25

20:25 The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him ²  and Abner at his side. ³  But David’s place was vacant.

1 Samuel 20:33

20:33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan ⁴  in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced ⁵  that his father had decided to kill David.

1 Samuel 30:2

30:2 They took captive the women who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest, but they did not kill anyone. They simply carried them off and went on their way.

1 Samuel 30:18

30:18 David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he ⁶  also rescued his two wives.

[16:21]  ¹ tn Heb “he loved him.”

[20:25]  ² tc Heb “and Jonathan arose.” Instead of MT’s וַיָּקָם (vayyaqam, “and he arose”; from the hollow verbal root קוּם, qum), the translation assumes a reading וַיִּקַדֵּם (vayyiqaddem, “and he was in front of”; from the verbal root קדם, qdm). See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 338.

[20:25]  ³ tn Heb “and Abner sat at the side of Saul.”

[20:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “knew.”

[30:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“he”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.