1 Samuel 21:5

21:5 David said to the priest, “Certainly women have been kept away from us, just as on previous occasions when I have set out. The soldiers’ ¹  equipment is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!”

1 Samuel 29:6

29:6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you ²  serving ³  with me in the army. ⁴  I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion ⁵  of the leaders, you are not reliable. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 30:6

30:6 David was very upset, for the men ⁷  were thinking of stoning him; ⁸  each man grieved bitterly ⁹  over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

[21:5]  ¹ tn Heb “servants’.”

[29:6]  ² tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.

[29:6]  ³ tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.

[29:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “camp.”

[29:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “eyes.”

[29:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “good.”

[30:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “people.”

[30:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “said to stone him.”

[30:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”