1 Samuel 20:8

20:8 You must be loyal ¹  to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the Lord’s name. ²  If I am guilty, ³  you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”

1 Samuel 20:12

20:12 Jonathan said to David, “The Lord God of Israel is my witness. ⁴  I will feel out my father about this time the day after tomorrow. If he is favorably inclined toward David, will I not then send word to you and let you know? ⁵ 

[20:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and you must do loyalty.”

[20:8]  ² tn Heb “for into a covenant of the Lord you have brought your servant with you.”

[20:8]  ³ tn Heb “and if there is in me guilt.”

[20:12]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text has simply “the Lord God of Israel.” On the basis of the Syriac version, many reconstruct the text to read “[is] my witness,” which may have fallen out of the text by homoioarcton (an error which is entirely possible if עֵד, ’ed, “witness,” immediately followed ַָדוִד, “David,” in the original text).

[20:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and uncover your ear.”