1 Samuel 18:12

18:12 So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.

1 Samuel 18:29

18:29 Saul became even more afraid of him. ¹  Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on. ² 

1 Samuel 25:27

25:27 Now let this present ³  that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow ⁴  my lord.

1 Samuel 26:18-19

26:18 He went on to say, “Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done? ⁵  26:19 So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may he take delight in ⁶  an offering. But if men have instigated this, ⁷  may they be cursed before the Lord! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the Lord’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go on, serve other gods!’

1 Samuel 28:15

28:15 Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied, “I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me – not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.”

1 Samuel 30:10

30:10 David and four hundred men continued the pursuit, but two hundred men who were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor stayed there.

[18:29]  ¹ tn Heb “of David.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

[18:29]  ² tc The final sentence of v. 29 is absent in most LXX mss.

[18:29]  tn Heb “all the days.”

[25:27]  ³ tn Heb “blessing.”

[25:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “are walking at the feet of.”

[26:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “What in my hand [is] evil?”

[26:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “may he smell.” The implication is that Saul should seek to appease God, for such divine instigation to evil would a sign of God’s disfavor. For a fuller discussion of this passage see R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “Does God Deceive?” BSac 155 (1998): 19-21.

[26:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “but if the sons of men.”