1 Samuel 9:6

9:6 But the servant said to him, “Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens. ¹  Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.” ² 

1 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Taking an oath, David again ³  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ⁴  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ⁵  ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

1 Samuel 22:17

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ⁶  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ⁷  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ⁸  the priests of the Lord.

[9:6]  ¹ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

[9:6]  ² tn Heb “our way on which we have gone.”

[20:3]  ³ tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

[20:3]  ⁴ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.

[22:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “runners.”

[22:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “their hand is.”

[22:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”