1 Samuel 12:20

12:20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed sinned. ¹  However, don’t turn aside from the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart.

1 Samuel 27:12

27:12 So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ²  “He is really hated ³  among his own people in ⁴  Israel! From now on ⁵  he will be my servant.”

[12:20]  ¹ tn Heb “you have done all this evil.”

[27:12]  ² tn Heb “saying.”

[27:12]  ³ tn Heb “he really stinks.” The expression is used figuratively here to describe the rejection and ostracism that David had experienced as a result of Saul’s hatred of him.

[27:12]  ⁴ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss lack the preposition “in.”

[27:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “permanently.”