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 18:1

Saul Comes to Fear David

18:1 When David ²  had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. ³  Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 20:7

20:7 If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ ⁵  then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 20:33

20:33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan ⁷  in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced ⁸  that his father had decided to kill David.

[18:25]  ¹ tn Heb “the king’s.”

[18:1]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ³ tn Heb “the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David.”

[18:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”

[18:1]  sn On the nature of Jonathan’s love for David, see J. A. Thompson, “The Significance of the Verb Love in the David-Jonathan Narratives in 1 Samuel,” VT 24 (1974): 334-38.

[20:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “good.”

[20:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “know that the evil is completed from with him.”

[20:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “knew.”