1 Samuel 6:4

6:4 They inquired, “What is the guilt offering that we should send to him?”

They replied, “The Philistine leaders number five. So send five gold sores and five gold mice, for it is the same plague that has afflicted both you and your leaders.

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 25:17

25:17 Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. ⁴  He is such a wicked person ⁵  that no one tells him anything!”

1 Samuel 27:5

27:5 David said to Achish, “If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?”

[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.”

[25:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “all his house” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “his whole family.”

[25:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “he is a son of worthlessness.”