1 Samuel 20:2

20:2 Jonathan ¹  said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing ²  large or small without making me aware of it. ³  Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

1 Samuel 23:23

23:23 Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. ⁴  Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him ⁵  among all the thousands of Judah.”

1 Samuel 25:29

25:29 When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag ⁶  of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!

[20:2]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ² tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading “he will not do,” rather than the Kethib of the MT (“do to him”).

[20:2]  ³ tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”

[23:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “established.”

[23:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will search him out.”

[25:29]  ⁶ tn Cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV “bundle”; NLT “treasure pouch.”