1 Samuel 20:17-18

20:17 Jonathan once again took an oath with David, because he loved him. In fact Jonathan loved him as much as he did his own life. ¹  20:18 Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, for your seat will be empty.

1 Samuel 23:28

23:28 So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth. ² 

1 Samuel 29:7

29:7 So turn and leave ³  in peace. You must not do anything that the leaders of the Philistines consider improper!” ⁴ 

[20:17]  ¹ tn Heb “for [with] the love of his [own] life he loved him.”

[23:28]  ² sn The name הַמַּחְלְקוֹת סֶלַע (Sela Hammakhleqoth) probably means “Rock of Divisions” in Hebrew, in the sense that Saul and David parted company there (cf. NAB “Gorge of Divisions”; TEV “Separation Hill”). This etymology assumes that the word derives from the Hebrew root II חלק (khlq, “to divide”; HALOT 322 s.v. II חלק). However, there is another root I חלק, which means “to be smooth or slippery” (HALOT 322 s.v. I חלק). If the word is taken from this root, the expression would mean “Slippery Rock.”

[29:7]  ³ tn Heb “go.”

[29:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “and you must not do evil in the eyes of the leaders of the Philistines.”