1 Samuel 18:18

18:18 David said to Saul, “Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father ¹  in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

1 Samuel 29:10

29:10 So get up early in the morning along with the servants of your lord who have come with you. ²  When you get up early in the morning, as soon as it is light enough to see, leave.” ³ 

1 Samuel 26:18

26:18 He went on to say, “Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done? ⁴ 

[18:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Who are my relatives, the clan of my father?” The term חַי (khay), traditionally understood as “my life,” is here a rare word meaning “family, kinfolk” (see HALOT 309 s.v. III חַי). The phrase “clan of my father” may be a scribal gloss explaining the referent of this rare word.

[29:10]  ² tc The LXX and a couple of Old Latin mss include here the following words: “and you shall go to the place that I have appointed you. Don’t place an evil thing in your heart, for you are good before me.”

[29:10]  ³ tn Heb “when you get up early in the morning and you have light, go.”

[26:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “What in my hand [is] evil?”